Hobie 16 Worlds: Women and Youths

Photo: Hobieclass.com

Photo: Hobieclass.com

Photo: Hobieclass.com

Photo: Hobieclass.com
“In a convincing display of consistent sailing, Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin from Australia today won the Hobie 16 Youth World Championships in Weihai, China. The Womens World Championships was a much closer affair with Natalie and Jasmine Hill, also from Australia holding off Charlotte Picou and Julie Avron from France. In perfect sailing conditions, the Race Committee today had a slightly different wind direction to play with. Still predominantly offshore, the weather mark was away from the high rise hotels along the beachfront, resulting in significantly more consistent breeze across the course. The morning started in perfect conditions in a temperature of 30 degrees and 16 knots of breeze. The wind built steadily finishing off the morning session in a solid 20 knot breeze. With the flat water, boats were at maximum speed…” www.HobieClass.com
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