Here's a chance for everyone to knock some rust off of winter! Let's try to have enough boats to have our own start!!
March 28 – 30
Hobie Midwinter East Championship
Key Sailing – Quietwater Beach, Pensacola FL
(info copied from Key Sailings' site)
Bob
Hobie 14 sailors: Let's try to have enough boats for our own start! If enough people are willing to make the trip, I will give an informal tuning session/share speed secrets on that Friday afternoon. Please pass the word!!
Happy New Year!!!!!
Bob Curry 
Hobie 14 #52288
I expect to attend but I will probably bring my 16 instead of the 14. I think the regatta suffered last year from lack of information. There was so little info that I wasn't sure the regatta was going to happen a couple weeks before. It would be nice to have online registration because it seems to build momentum for the regattas that are using it. The NAHCA site still doesn't show the dates... If you are sure of the dates email them to Karen Ann so she can put them up on the NAHCA site. A flyer can be put up as well.
cheers
Bill Jeffers
I sent her the info. Hopefully all the race info will get out shortly. Maybe we will have more than 5 H14s!!
How did you like the tuning guide? Is there anything you would change or like to add to it?
60 degrees with sunshine, 12kt winds and liking it!
Bob 
I read the tuning guide and it was pretty close to the way I set up my 14 at the Mega. I liked the method of measuring side shroud slop. I assume that you are using all standard issue shrouds and bridle. It is a very nice guide.
After sailing a 16 for so many years it was kind of strange to look leeward going upwind and see the shroud chainplate almost laying down due to slack.
Here's the NOR:
Hobie Midwinters East ‘ 03
Pensacola Beach, Fl.
March 28th , 29th, & 30th
Wave National Points Regatta
NAHCA Area Championships
What Where
Hobie Midwinters EastRules: RRS and IHCA Class RulesPensacola Beach at Ft. Pickens gate Racing on Pensacola Bay at the site of the 1999 Hobie 20 Continentals and the Hobie 17 and 18’s in 1998Thursday afternoon and Friday Registration at Key Sailing with practice Racing at 1PM Fri. Host hotel is the Comfort Inn 800-934-5470Group code is “Key Sailing Races” Center of the Beach And Walking Distance to everything Gulf Air 800-301-5925 Older but nice and treat the sailors good. Year round.Group code Key Sail Reservations must be made 30 days prior to the eventCondos: pbprop@aol.com 800 497 7321 (say you want the west end of the beach). Pensacola Beach Tourist information 800 635-4803
All Hobie classes, 5 boats make a class NAHCA membership is requiredLimited # of Charter Boats available, 5 Waves, 3 16’s, and 1 Tiger. Call for details Camping at Fort Pickens, About 8 min. from the race site. 850 934 2621 A very limited # of motorhomes will allowed at race site
Saturday Late registration at race site 8-10AM, 11:00 AM Skippers meeting with Racing to follow. Dinner party TBA For other information contact Key Sailing866 KEY SAIL 850 932-5520 www.KeySailing.com email @keysailing.com">keysailing@keysailing.com
Sunday start TBA (Probably 10AM) Trophies ASAP after racing Single handed Boats $50. Double Handed is $75. Late Fee After 3/14 Add $10.00
HOBIE MIDWINTERS EAST REGISTRATION FORM
Hobie Size: _____________________ Sail Number:____________ Fleet: A B Novice
Skipper:__________________________ Crew:______________________
Address:___________________________ City:________________________ St:___ Zip:__________
Phone:_____________________________ E-mail:_______________________________
T-Shirt Sizes:______________________ Fee Paid:____________ NAHCA #:_____________
Checks Payable : Key Team Sailing Club
C/O Key Sailing
500 Quietwater Beach Rd. #14
Pensacola Beach, Fl. 32561
Phone: (850) 932-5520
Toll Free 866-Key Sail
www.keysailing.com email: @keysailing.com">keysailing@keysailing.com
See Y'all There!!
Bob
Bob,
In the NOR it says it is a Hobie Wave Points Regatta, but the IWCA has not designated it as one and probably won't unless it opens it up to our rules -- open & measured sails, no minumum weight, etc.
Good luck,
Rick
Remember Rick,
This is one of the NEW, SUPER-DUPER, EXTRA-WONDERFUL, MORE-FOR-YOUR-MONEY, Hobie regattas which doesn't allow any other brands of boats or any other authority.
Unfortunately.
I Know and that is why I didn't want anyone confused. IWCA (Intl Wave Class Assn) was formed long ago and has rules that are governed by the people that sail Waves. After the Waves were flourishing NAHCA finally recognized Waves and made an arbitrary class for them under NAHCA.
However, they don't recognize our class rules.
That is why I just wanted to clarify to Wave Sailors that this is not a sanctioned Wave event.
There is a National Series Championship for Waves and the first of which was the Tradewinds.
Others will be at the Spring Fever, Sandy Hook, NJ, Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Lake Eustis, FL and and unspecified site in Texas. Dates for most are TBA.
Thanks,
Rick