South African Hobie Tiger National Championships at Mossel Bay

3:14 PM Sat 2 Oct 2010 GMT

'Tiger action in South Africa' Hobie Class Association

South African Hobie Tiger National Championships from 7th - 9th August was held at Mossel Bay, and although it turned out that not too much sailing was done, the weekend was an eventful one, thoroughly enjoyed by all. It all started rather stressfully for Mike Goodyear, owner of Hobie SA, and all those participants who had also taken part in the Malawi 500 and who were waiting for their Hobie Tigers to arrive in the container from Malawi. The container did not arrive in Johannesburg when it was supposed to, and after much stress from Mike's side and many phone ...

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by Kirsten Veenstra

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