Hobie 16 Worlds 2022: Cam Owen & Susan Ghent crowned Champs

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One more race held today but was abandoned. Cam Owen & Susan Ghent won the Masters Title past week and now the Australians demonstrated they own the Hobie 16 fleet. They are also Australian Hobie 16 Nats Champs.

Those two need to get onboard an F18. Transition is not that easy for some, but we think they can do really good.

Below official report, results stay as published yesterday. Worlds web: hobieworlds.com/ , Final results for all categories : https://sailingresults.net/?id=81406

PlNameFlag123456789TotNet
1Cam OWEN Susan GHENTAUS12237(8)2343224
2Yamil SABA FUENTES Gonzalo CENDRA FALCONVEN(15)3142114224429
3Darren SMITH Claire BISGOODAUS11312334(29)127748
4Daniel BJORNHOLT Josephine FREDERIKSENDEN25(12)1112105716553
5Gavin COLBY Josephine MARKAUS6141028UFD11310354
6Mick BUTLER Paddy BUTLERAUS191182115(29)51610677
7Stefan GRIESMEYER Caterina DEGLI UBERTIITA2175213213(24)910581
8Ulf HAHN Thais LANGER JACOBUSGER13731242311(28)711789
9Peter BATES Juliet BATESAUS9661515303DNF513889
10Arnaud THIEME Ludovic SIGURET RATTIFRA11171415(25)4642311994

Hobie 16 World Championships 2022 Conclude .Truly the Champions, Champions.

– Congratulations to our 2022 Hobie 16 World Champions, Cam Owen and Susan Ghent from Australia. After a long day of waiting and an eventual abandoned race Cam and Susie took the top spot in an incredibly talented pool of sailors. They were followed by 2019 World Champions Yamil Saba Fuentes & Gonzalo Cendra Falcon (VEN) in second and Darren Smith & Claire Bisgood (AUS) in third with multiple other World Champions filling out the top 10.

The second day of the finals was not to be. Clouds, intermittent rain, and light winds held sailors on shore for the final day. The breeze did fill in afternoon with more rain. The race committee called the fleet off for the final day of racing but shortly after the start of the race, the wind quit again forcing an abandonment.

15 days of racing, 60 races, 353 sailors from 22 countries participated in this event together. For some it their first world championships, others have been to the world championships many times but for all it was a celebration of the Hobie family, that we all have all become part of. There is a certain magic to arriving at the venue with just your personal gear to see 50 brand new identical Hobie 16’s perfectly lined up and ready to sail. This is only due to the generous sponsorship and support of Hobie Cat Europe, La Ballena Alegre, and Club de vela Ballena Alegre.

The 23rd Hobie 16 World Champions are: Cam OWEN/Susan Ghent (AUS) followed by Yamil SABA FUENTES/Gonzolo CENDRA FALCON (VEN) in second and Darren SMITH/Claire BISGOOD (AUS) in third.