bassie1234567 wrote:
Thanks for the info!
What classes are there for Hobie 16's / what races are they eligible for? seems quite confusing, seems like there are 2 or 3 different race types?
do they all have the same regulations as far as what you can have on the boat?
ya'll are really resourcefull, thanks fore verything already
Well, it depends . . .
You're in Hobie Class Assoc. Division 5 - they have ~6 regattas a year held in lakes in CO, SD, NE and WY. These are HCA Santioned points regattas. For these, your boat has to be "class legal" according to the International Hobie Class Assn. Class Rules (
http://www.hobieclass.com/site/hobie/ih ... 090708.pdf)
There are about 100 of these points regatta held across the country each year. You earn points based on your finishing position and number of boats you compete against. Points totals for the entire North American Region are posted on the HCA-NA website (
http://www.hca-na.org)
There are also "open" regattas, typically run by yacht clubs. Technically, your boat needs to be class legal in these events, too, but they tend to turn a blind eye to some details in order to build attendance. Often, there won't be enough boats of a particular type to form a separate class, so they are raced on handicap. Handicapping is imprecise at best and unfair at worst. Most catamaran sailors prefer to race one-design, where all the boats are (theoretically) identical. That's the purpose of the IHCA class rules.
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