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Bunch of new stuff on the blog. Video and photos.

Masters - Race 1
1 AUS R.Waterhouse/K.Waterhouse
2 RSA W.Edwards/L.Edwards
3 KOR P.Byeong Ki/Y.Hae Kwang
4 NZL H.Handley/P.Evrard
5 AUS B.Engwirda/W.News
6 AUS B.Tardrew/S.Turnbull
7 AUS A.Duchatel/E.Curtis
8 CHN C.Steilberg/J.Wong
9 BRA M.Dubeux/T.Jacobus
10 AUS B.Schahinger/C.Cartrwright

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Rod Waterhouse took another 1st today. William Edwards also took a first in this morning's races. They are on the water again after lunch for, an intended, 3 more back-to-back.

Sunny, 91 degrees and about 10 kts or a bit more.

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

5 Races Today.

Results are going up pretty quick now on the event site. We had printed results on the beach before all the boats had made it back. The rest of the event site is lagging. We have images in our blog ( http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com )and more on the http://www.hobieclass.com site

Worlds Results Page

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Day 3 is underway. Two races this morning. Beautiful, Hot and about 15 knots.

The morning blog is up!

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

I like the "Chinese Beach Wheels". 6 guys show up to carry the boat up the beach.

We have a bunch of image galleries up... All linked to from the blog.

This one has a nice variety from the opening ceremony, beach action and on the water.

http://hobiecat.com.au/Hobie_China_Worlds_Aug19/

There is also a Twitter on mark roundings and finishes:

http://twitter.com/HobieWorlds

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

1st Rod Waterhouse Kerry Waterhouse AUS Master
2nd William Edwards Lucinda Edwards RSA Master
3rd Bob Engwirda Worst News AUS Master

1st Anthony Duchatel Evelyn Curtis AUS GrandMaster
2nd Harry Handley Peter Evrard NZL GrandMaster
3rd Bruce Tardrew Sarah Turnbull Aus GrandMaster

More Photos on the Photo Page!

http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com/p/ ... hotos.html


Day 5... Womens and Juniors start today.

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

The Worlds Hobie 16

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Final day of Women and youth event. We got two races off this morning, but during lunch a front has come over and stopped the action. 12 races in the can, so we have a solid series. Seems the leaders of each are well ahead, so no racing required to determine a winner but, we are on hold for a few hours.



http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com

http://www.hobieworlds.com

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Some nice photos now apearing on the hobieworlds.com and Hobie Factory blog sites. We are getting some on-the-water stuff from the local organizers. These two from New Caledonia... yeah, it's like this at the event.



http://www.hobieworlds.com

http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Can you get some video of a race start?

Unfortunately... I am land-locked as part of the boat beach crew. We may get a ride on the course a some point, but only at the weather or leeward mark roundings I hear. They are not allowing general media boats onto the course. They do have professional video teams working the event and are making an event video. We do not have access to the footage right now.

Three races today. Two in 12-15 kts... One in 25 kts this afternoon. Straight on-shore again, so launching was...interesting.

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Will the worlds video be for sale?

I would think so.

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Day two of the Semi-Final Rain, no wind

Results after day one: http://www.hobieworlds.com/h16-2010/results/open-semi-finals_overall.html

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

that is a very interesting way to launch your boat
I would love to have a crew like that!

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Paul, Rebecca & Stephanie