Australian Hobiecat Nats 2016 @Port Stephens
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48 Hobie 16 racing at Port Stephens is a huge fleet. And when you analyze that current Olympic Nacra 17 crew representing Australia ,Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin, grew up racing H16s, next generation Aussie champ could have been racing this championship.
Top Ten Hobie 16 below, Fulll Results: hobiecatnationals.com.au/results/ :
| Rank | Sail | Skipper Name – First | Crew Name – First | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | Total | Nett |
| 1st | 114565 | Rod Waterhouse | Kerry Waterhouse | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 46 | 32 |
| 2nd | 114158 | Phil Epps | Caitlyn Epps | -12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | -16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 75 | 47 |
| 3rd | 114470 | Mick Butler | Pip Pietromonaco | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -15 | 8 | -12 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 94 | 67 |
| 4th | 114299 | Andrew Keag | Helen Warneke | 9 | 5 | -20 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | -21 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 115 | 74 |
| 5th | 114361 | Rob Branch | Hannah Bates | 2 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -34 | 1 | -28 | 137 | 75 |
| 6th | 114641 | Darren Smith | Josie Mark | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | -18 | 3 | -19 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 114 | 77 |
| 7th | 114203 | Fletcher Warren-Myers | Georgia Warren-Myers | 8 | -15 | -19 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 114 | 80 |
| 8th | 114340 | Peter Bates | Juliet Bates | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | (ocs) | (BFD) | 29 | 7 | 3 | 190 | 90 |
| 9th | 113111 | Cam Owen | Susan Ghent | -29 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | -26 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 164 | 109 |
| 10th | 114594 | Belouard Leo | Bore Theo | 23 | 2 | -30 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 9 | -24 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 168 | 114 |
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16