Hobie 16 Worlds - Final day of semi finals

11:08 PM Sat 28 Aug 2010 GMT

'Hobie 16 World Championship' Hobie Class Association

The final day's racing in the semi-finals started with a wait for wind in the morning, with most people of the opinion that we were in for another day similar to yesterday with no wind all day. However, earlier in the afternoon, the wind picked up with the first race starting in eight knots and building to 13 knots by the end of the race. The two subsequent races were sailed in perfect 14 - 16 knots of steady breeze and flat water. In the first race, Jerome le Gal and crew Enrick Obert from New Caledonia had a metre ...

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by Paul Pascoe

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