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Hobie 18s Shine at the 2024 Combined High Schools Sailing Championships

Day 1

History has been made as 9 x Hobie 18s have hit the water at the annual event for the first time.

Mannering Park legends, Sam & Emily, took out the first two heats, narrowly beating seasoned team Noah & Hayley.

With the forecast slowly building day by day, the Cats are set to send it! Good luck to all the teams for their second day of racing!

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Day 2

Manno legends, Sam & Emily, took out the third and fourth heats, narrowly beating Noah & Hayley, along with first time cat sailor Ollie Ross from the Northern Beaches.

Big shoutout to Hobie Asia Pacific for once again supporting the NSWHCA and providing us with some exclusive Hobie caps for the young guns.

With the forecast slowly building day by day, the Cats are set to send it! Good luck to all the teams for their third day of racing!

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Day 3

Racing was called off at 12:15pm due to a lack of breeze forecast for the rest of the day.

30 minutes later, the wind came in and 9 x Hobies went out and had a blast! Super coach John Forbes took the fleet of intrepid Groms out to the sand dune islands and parked up. The team made a make-shift slip ‘n’ slide down the dunes.

Sources within the NSWHCA can confirm undoubtedly that the Kids were absolutely loving it!

Thanks to Hobie Asia Pacific for supplying the NSWHCA and the kids with some awesome caps to keep them sun safe today!

Stay tuned for the final day of racing tomorrow.

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Day 4

Thanks to Red Hot Shotz Sports Photography for capturing these epic moments on the race course, and super coach, John Forbes for providing his skills, expertise and knowledge for the groms competing on Lake Macquarie, many of which were racing Hobie 18s for the first time. Congrats to the 19 cat sailing groms on an amazing week on the water.

  1. Sam & Emily – SAMEM
  2. Oli & Charlie – Stitch
  3. Noah & Haylie – Young & Dangerous
  4. Jonah & Louis – Schmicko
  5. Emma & Emma – Garfield
  6. Jamie & Henry – These Lads
  7. Tom & Toby – Barbie & Ken
  8. Lucas & Alfie – Bluesnot
  9. Danielle & Cydney – 444

Check out the full results via the link below:

https://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2024/chs/chs/series.htm?ty=86795

https://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2024/chs/chs/SGrp7.htm?ty=99452 hobie 18s

Big shoutout to Hobie Asia Pacific for once again supporting the NSWHCA and providing us with some exclusive Hobie caps for the young guns.

Finally, check out out Joe’s ‘Show Us Your Cat’ edit featuring the Hobie 18s and all the kids absolutely loving it in Lake Macquarie on Joyrider TV.