Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Thirty (30) Multihulls participated in regattas at KHYC during 2003. Eighteen (18) were KHYC members and/or participants in our KHYC Multihull Point Series. Twelve (12) more, from other yacht clubs, joined our Offshore Trimarans in the Santa Barbara Race. Four (4)...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Introducing TORUS™ (Tip Over Resisting and Uprighting System) for the Hobie 17. Here’s a system that promises to make catamaran sailing more accessable for those that feel capsizing is not an option. Read how inventor Ron Darby has solved his capsize...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Here is a cautionary tale from a Lake Michigan catamaran sailor that explains the events leading to the demise of his Hobie 18 catamaran sailboat while sailing from Muskegon Harbor. Damon I had been tracking the wind speed, from the office, at 12-16 knots steadily...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Note: This years race start is Saturday, Sept. 27. The Round the Island Race is a 100 mile circumnavigation around Santa Rosa Island located in Northwest Florida. The event has a long and storied history stretching back over twenty three years. It begins in Fort...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Many catamaran sailors who move up to sailing catamaran sailboats after sailing dinghies will find they need to develop new techniques for tacking. Catamaran sailboats are not difficult to tack, but if you attempt to tack by just throwing the tiller over, you probably...
Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Three Italian Teams Set Sights on Trophy. NEWPORT, R.I. (September 24, 2003) – Organizers of the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy (ICCT) have welcomed the event’s first competitors to Newport in advance of the 23rd running of this event, which...