Hobie 16 Worlds 2022. Open Finals Day 1

5 races held today at Ballena Alegre, ‘Oldman’ (the kid is around 40 but been around that many decades since youth, thus a Catracer veteran..) Gavin Colby & Josephine Mark (photo above) won 3 on the water but the Aussies got an UFD in one. Our mate was on fire today,, a bit too much on that key start, fighting Hobie 16 super expert Yamil Saba & Gonzalo Cendra.

C’mon Colby, more bullets needed to catch current top guys. Good training for the F18 Worlds the same which hopefully will start in two weeks at Clearwater, FL.

Cam Owen & Susan Ghent, who won the Masters title past week lead after 9 Semi/Final races.

Top ten, complete results here

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


Report & photos (none from the water today) by Hobie Class Assoc. Worlds web hobieworlds.com/

Hobie 16 Worlds 2022 A great first day for the finals

Day 1 Finals racing – Building breeze and tight quarters for the first day of the finals. Winds started out on the lighter side but quickly built to 10-15 knots. With the field cut to just the top 48 teams, the fleet was very compact and it was crowded at every mark rounding. It was one of those days where a small mistake didn’t cost you a position – it could cost you 20 positions that you couldn’t get back. The right side of the course seemed to be favored but getting there in the crowd and keeping your lane clear was easier said than done. Five races were completed.

The lead positions shuffled following todays racing with Cam OWEN/Susan Ghent (AUS) taking the lead followed by Yamil SABA FUENTES/Gonzolo CENDRA FALCON (VEN) and Darren SMITH/Claire BISGOOD (AUS).

Tomorrow will be the final day of racing.