| Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji #118861 10/01/07 11:10 AM 10/01/07 11:10 AM |
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Posts: 1,252 California | 18th Hobie 16 World Championships Laucala Bay,Suva, Fiji 8th - 19th October 2007 The factory crew is leaving for Fiji this week. We leave Thursday night. This will pretty much strip our tech help at the factory for a couple weeks. We will be trying to stay on top of issues on-line as best as possible, so it may take a day or so to respond to some issues due to work commitments there and time changes. I will post some photos and info about the site when we get there. The boats are supposed to arrive on-site today. The Hobie Cat Australasia crew will be building starting today. Hopefully <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> all 60 will be done when we get there on Saturday. You can see posts about the event here: http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=6397or at the Hobie worlds site: www.hobieworlds.com | | | Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji
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#118863 10/02/07 03:40 PM 10/02/07 03:40 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | wow, what an undertaking! I hope it's a great event!
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#118868 10/05/07 09:50 AM 10/05/07 09:50 AM |
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Posts: 124 offshore | Well, at least with the numbers on the inside of the bows, it'll be tougher to be called OCS! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 124 offshore | From Steve Leo... Nick Price from Down Under is going to be doing live updates daily from the beach and around town in the evenings in Fiji. Here is the website so you can have all your friends and family tune in while you sheet in in the Hobie 16 Worlds Live updates of Worlds
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#118871 10/05/07 02:57 PM 10/05/07 02:57 PM |
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Posts: 1,121 Eastern NC, USA | Matt - Keep the updates coming. Looks like a fantastic venue and a great effort by all of those at Hobie Cat.
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#118872 10/05/07 08:40 PM 10/05/07 08:40 PM |
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Posts: 124 offshore | You're right. Rats. I guess that'll keep us honest!!
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#118874 10/06/07 11:46 PM 10/06/07 11:46 PM |
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Posts: 1,252 California | The graphic for the event is not how the sails will look. Does look like the Turbo fins though! We finished placing the (60) boats on the beach today. We have 4 different color schemes. Each color has a different color jib and sail number set. Say the blue jibs are on boats 1-15. That color is used to remind sailors where their boat is to land on the beach when they return. The beach is set up with 4 sections and colored banners will guide them in. We have to keep them organized or it is impossible to find a boat number on the beach during the event. You have to remember... at the provided boat events you get a different boat for each race. We do as many as 5 races a day. You may have as little as 20 minutes to find the boat and tune before being ordered off the beach. Most teams meet the boats coming in so they can easily find their boat. Once all the sails are up and you have so many boats on the beach, you can imagine how hard it is to find a certain boat / sail number. Check out the office Kevlar and I have for the next couple of weeks! We have wireless, but no plug in power in the check in/out tent. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/07_worlds_09.JPG) Here is the whole beach set up. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/Fiji_Beach.jpg) Boat shots... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/07_worlds_05.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/07_worlds_06.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/07_worlds_07.JPG) We do get mud though in the grass areas when it rains. It was pretty wet this morning in some places. [img] http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/07_worlds_08.JPG[/img] | | | Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji
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#118875 10/07/07 12:06 AM 10/07/07 12:06 AM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | Cool, it is a crazy world when someone that far away can update us on such a cool event going on.
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