Can we fix it? Yes we can!

Who ever said or thought that women are not able to fix things (besides cooking and housekeeping)...WE PROOF THEM WRONG!!!

We have made our rudders smooth and thight again. It's a precisely job, so it took some time....but we are happy with the result!

The result...

Step Up Days Pics

Giving instructions about what to wear, how to wear sailing gear, the basic rules on board, how to stand in trapeze, where to stand, what to grab if you fall ;)

After all instructions preparing for take off...

And there they go!! 

Julie gave them a real Hobie 16  experience, a lot of Big Smiles came off the water....ehe, that's a Hobie way of life...


...and we are really lucky to have this Hobie way of life and we were really happy that we could give other people this feeling for one day.
 

Step Up Days

Last weekend we had the 'Step Up Days' on Muiderzand. It's a fun day where sailors meet non sailors (or sailors who aren't catamaran sailors). They've got the oppurtunity to sail with an experienced catamaran sailor.

Both days were great: between 15 and 20 knots, sun was shining and the water wasn't that cold anymore. Most people were really excited! (Some of them found it a bit scary ;))

'Non sailing weekend'

While our Hobie 16 'Sappie' was being repared, we decided to give him a special treatment too. We gave our new gennaker a special bath and we have cleaned the boat.

This weekend was a 'non sailing weekend' (boat is still at Hobie for reparation)....and I can tell you, it felt really strange...haven't had a 'non sailing weekend' for a long time. And what do we do if we don't sail? Watching another really interesting sailing class: de Regenboog (http://www.regenboogclub.nl/). This time on a real luxury boat...well, I can tell you, it's not a punishment at all to have some weekends like this, but: Can't wait for Sappie to be whole again!

Next weekend 'step up days', which means that people who are interested in Catamaran sailing, with no experience, are getting the opportunity to sail on Catamarans. We'll be there too.

http://www.catamaranopstapdag.com/

Eurocat 2011 Carnac: 1th Hobie 16 ladies team Long Distance Race

After a short night of sleeping yesterday, we where driving home to the Netherlands. We had a great weekend with pretty results.  

Friday we’ve had 3 short races. The first race we start not very well. We took the wrong side and finished in the back. The second race we did much better. We start as one of the first boats and finished as 6^th hobie 16. The last race was cancelled in the last downwind. There was no wind anymore. We ended the day in de Flamenco to celebrate Queens night.

Saturday was the long distance. We had a bad start, but came back when we made our first tack and had free wind. We finished as 4^th hobie 16 and first hobie 16 ladies team!!! (There were 37 Hobie 16's) 

Sunday we started at 9.00 o'clock. It was raining and we had 20knots of wind. After the first race we had some trouble with Julie’s trapezehook. We had to go back and fixed it. When we arrived at the mainland we found out we didn’t checked in (we know...stupid...it won't happen again...). We reduced our boat and watched the f18 match. Sappie is now at hobie in Noordwijk, because a Hobie dragoon bit him in the right hull, and that hurt a little bit...but he's gonna be OK!

Start Long Distance Race