Hobie 16 World Championships

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The Hobie 16 World Championships is a bi-annual international sailing regatta for Hobie 16. The event was organized by the host club on behalf of the International Hobie Class Association and since 1987/88 recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

The Hobie 16 Worlds are unusual as the boats are almost always supplied by the organisers/builders this means the class unlike most has a restricted number of entries. This is typical 48 with entries larger this meaning the running of a qualification series before the event. With stand alone female and masters held around the open World Championships utilising the same fleet of charter boats. The class also has a history of not holding regatta at pinnacle yacht clubs but instead finding venue such as hotel and bringing in the race management expertises.

Editions

Event			Host			Sailors			Boats				Ref.
Ed.	Date	Year	Host club	Location	Nat.	No.	Nat.	Cont.	Boats			Mix
01	1–6 Nov	1976		Honolulu, Hawaii	United States	168	15	6	84
02	22–28 Oct	1978		South Padre Island, TX	United States
03	16–22 Nov	1980		St. Croix	United States Virgin Islands
04	15–21 Aug	1982		Papeete	Tahiti	96	11	5	48	32	0	14
05	6–13 Oct	1984		Fort Walton Beach, Florida	United States
06	3–10 Aug	1986		Suva	Fiji		10+	4+	96
07	15Jun −3Jul	1988		Scheveningen	Netherlands								[1]
08	7–14 Apr	1991		Langebaan	South Africa								[2]
09	–	1993			Guadeloupe								[3]
10	–	1995		Huatulco, Mexico	Mexico								[4]
11	27Feb −8Mar	1996	Dubai International Marine Club		United Arab Emirates								[5] [6] [7]
12	–	1997		Sotogrande	Spain								[8]
13	19–28 Jul	1998		Airlie Beach	Australia								[9]
14	10–22 Apr	2000			Guadeloupe								[10]
15	6–13 Apr	2002		Noumea, New Caledonia	France	166	13	4	83				[11]
16	5–14 May	2004	Barcelo Maya Beach Resort, Cancun	Riviera Maya	Mexico	120	19	6	60				[12]
17	24Oct −4Nov	2005		Port Elizabeth	South Africa	112	17	5	56				[13] [14] [15] [16]
18	8–19 Oct	2007		Suva	Fiji	112	17	6	56				[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
19	15–30 Aug	2010		Weihai	China	112	15	6	56				[22]
20	–	2014		Jervis Bay	Australia	224	22	6	112				[ citation needed ]
21	29May −13Jun	2016		Dapeng	China	112	15	6	56				[23] [24] [25] [26]
22	1–16 Nov	2019		Captiva Island, Florida	United States	192	19	6	96	20	4	72	[27] [28] [29] [30]
23	15–29 Sep	2022	Club de Vela La Ballena Alegre	Sant Pere Pescador Catalonia	Spain	192	19	5	96	24	1	71	[31] [32] [33] [34]

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1976 – Open	Dean Froome  (USA)   John Driscoll  (USA)	Richard Loufek  (USA)   Jeff Canepa  (USA)	Harold Hutchings  (USA)   Howard Lynn  (USA)
1978 – Open	Mick Whitehead  (RSA)   Colin Whitehead  (RSA)	Russ Eddington  (USA)   Billy Smith  (USA)	Dean Froome  (USA)   John Driscoll  (USA)
1980 – Open	Brett Dryland  (AUS)   Jason Hardman  (AUS)	Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Shaun Ferry  (RSA)	Enque Figueroa  (PUR)   Carlos Junco  (PUR)
1982 – Open	Hobie Atler Jnr.  (USA)   Patty Mcguire  (USA)	Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Shawn Ferry  (RSA)	Brett Dryland  (AUS)   Darren Jones  (AUS)
1984 – Open	Garry Metcalfe  (AUS)   Chris Metcalfe  (AUS)	Brett Dryland  (AUS)   Scott Wood  (AUS)	Ian Bashford  (AUS)  J. Bashford (AUS)
1986 – Open	Gary Metcalfe  (AUS) UNKNOWN	Enrique Figueroa  (PUR) UNKNOWN	Jeff Alter  (USA) UNKNOWN
1988 – Open	Gary Metclafe  (AUS)   Brian Miers  (AUS)	Jeff Alter  (USA)   Sue Kelly  (USA)	Alan Egusa  (USA)  ???? Pesane (USA)
1991 – Open	David Kruyt  (RSA)   Michelle Van Der Merwe  (RSA)	Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Steve Arnold  (RSA)	William Edwards  (RSA)   Tony Gradwell  (RSA)
1993 – Open	Shaun Ferry  (RSA)   Shelly Polson  (RSA)	Claudio Cardojo  (BRA)   Frederico Monteiro  (BRA)	Carlton Tucker  (USA)   Jim Sajdak  (USA)
1995 – Open	Aaron Worrall  (AUS)   David Sylvester  (AUS)	Claudio Cardoso  (BRA)   Frederico Monteiro  (BRA)	Shaun Ferry  (RSA)   Alison Ball (Nee Lewis) (RSA)
1996 – Open	Claudio Cardoso  (BRA)   Frederico Monterio  (BRA)	William Edwards  (RSA)   Lucinda Edwards  (RSA)	Aaron Worrall  (AUS)   David Sylvester  (AUS)
1997 – Open	Gwenael Roth  (FRA)   Thierry Monfret  (FRA)	Philippe Hars  (TAH)   Maxime Pouvreau  (TAH)	Mark Laruffa  (ITA)   Liz Wardley  (PNG)
1998 – Open	Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Steve Arnold  (RSA)	Michael Butler  (AUS)   Linda De Bievre  (AUS)   Liz Wardley  (PNG)	Brett Dryland  (AUS)   Tracy Woods  (AUS)
2000 – Open	Herve Bride  (TAH)   Thierry Bride  (TAH)	Claude Thellier  (FRA)   Laurence Imbert  (FRA)	Francois Morvan  (FRA)   Matthieu Vandame  (FRA)
2002 – Open	Thibaut Vauchel  (FRA)   Matheas Lassnig  (25x17px)	Tim Shuwalow  (AUS)   Susan Pearce  (AUS)	Robert Engwirda  (AUS)   Bradley Wilson  (AUS)
2004 – Open	Axel Silvy  (FRA)   Pauline Jupin  (FRA)	Gavin Colby  (AUS)   Simone Mattfield  (AUS)	Andrew Keag  (AUS)   Naomi Angwin  (AUS)
2005 – Open	Shaun Ferry  (RSA)   Michele Le Sueur  (RSA)	Blaine Dodds  (RSA)   Roxanne Dodds  (RSA)	Ingo Delius  (GER)   Katrin Wiese-Dohse  (GER)	[16]
2007 – Open	Michael Butler  (AUS)   Susan Etherington  (AUS)	Christophe Renaud  (FRA)   Alban Rossollin  (FRA)	Cam Owen  (AUS)   Susan Ferris  (AUS)	[21]
2010 – Open	Jerome Legal  (FRA)   Enrick Obert  (FRA)	Gavin Colby  (AUS)   Sasha Marks  (AUS)	Darren Smith  (AUS)   Jasmine Hill  (AUS)
2014 – Open	Gavin Colby  (AUS)   Josie Mark  (AUS)	Cam Owen  (AUS)   Suzzi Ghent  (AUS)	Jerome Le Gal  (NCL)   Marco Iazzetta  (NCL)
2016 – Open	Daniel Bjornholt  (DEN)   Josephine Frederiksen  (DEN)	Orion Gilles Martin  (FRA)   Nadine Wieland  (FRA)	Fletcher Warren-Myers  (AUS)   Georgia Warren-Myers  (AUS)	[26]
2019 – Open	Yamil Saba  (VEN)   Gonzalo Cendra  (VEN)	Nicolaj Bjornholt  (DEN)   Michelle Jensen  (DEN)	Gavin Colby  (AUS)   Worst News  (AUS)	[30]
2022 – Open	Cam Owen  (AUS)   Susan Ghent  (AUS)	Yamil Saba Fuentes  (VEN)   Gonzalo Cendra Falcon  (VEN)	Darren Smith  (AUS)   Claire Bisgood  (AUS)	[34]

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