RPAYC dual Golds at the Hobie Worlds, China

Friday 20 August 2010
By Damian Devine

An emphatic win for RPAYC members Rod and Kerry Waterhouse at the 2010 “WEIHAI CUP” HOBIE WORLDS being held at Weihai International Bathing Beach in China. Racing in the Masters Division and representing Australia, they finished with 10 wins from 14 races, with their worst result a sixth, totally dominating the International field finishing on a net 20 points, 15 points ahead of the second place William and Lucinda Edward of South Africa with Bob Engwirda and Brad Wilson of Australia back in third.

The series finished in 15 to 20 knots of breeze and four 2GO's (3 times around with a gate and offset) that really tested the stamina of the competitors.

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Hobie 16 Masters Champions - Rod and Kerry Waterhouse - photo by Anthony Duchatel

Masters - Overall Results
1 AUS R.Waterhouse/K.Waterhouse Total pts: 20 (1,4,1,1,6,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,3,1)
2 RSA W.Edwards/L.Edwards Total pts: 35 (2,1,3,2,3,6,2,3,6,2,3,3,1,4)
3 AUS B.Engwirda/W.News Total pts: 50 (4,3,4,3,1,10,11,4,5,4,2,2,2,6)
4 HKG Y.Tong/K.Tong Total pts: 77 (6,5,6,5,4,8,8,10,9,3,6,6,8,3)
5 KOR P.Byeong Ki/Y.Hae Kwang Total pts: 79 (3,2,14,16,2,7,1,6,3,16,7,4,9,5)
6 USA K.Hilk/C.Bradshaw Total pts: 91 (14,10,9,4,5,3,13,5,2,9,9,9,6,7)
7 FRA J.Bougras/H.Mary Total pts: 93 (16,9,5,6,12,2,10,11,8,5,5,8,4,8)
8 AUS L.Macfarlane/I.Macfarlane Total pts: 94 (7,11,8,8,14,14,9,7,4,8,4,7,5,2)
9 BRA M.Dubeux/F.Zhu Total pts: 94 (5,8,2,11,7,11,7,8,11,6,8,5,7,9)
10 HKG K.Chan/Y.Chan Total pts: 116 (11,15,11,16,8,5,4,2,7,7,10,13,11,12)

For complete results click here

In the Grand Masters Division, RPAYC member Evelyn Curtis sailing with PBSC's Anthony Duchatel also finished strongly after losing their jib in the first race of the day to win the next three races and the series.They also dominted the fleet and also finished on 20 net points with seven wins, five seconds, a third and a 15th as their drop.

They finished 24 points ahead of Harry Handly and Peter Evrard from New Zealand with Bruce Tardrew and Sarah Turnbull from Australia third who finished on equal points.

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Hobie 16 GrandMasters Champions - Anthony Duchatel and Evelyn Curtis - photo courtesy of Anthony Duchatel

Grandmasters - Overall Results
1 AUS A.Duchatel/E.Curtis Total pts: 20 (3,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,2,15,1,2,1)
2 NZL H.Handley/P.Evrard Total pts: 44 (1,3,3,7,4,5,3,2,4,1,4,4,6,4)
3 AUS B.Tardrew/S.Turnbull Total pts: 44 (2,4,6,6,2,8,5,3,3,3,1,3,4,2)
4 FIJ G.Southwick/O.Chan Total pts: 62 (15,2,1,3,3,3,7,11,1,4,10,5,9,3)
5 AUS R.Hodgkin/L.Bromell Total pts: 72 (6,10,9,8,5,4,4,9,7,9,2,2,1,6)
6 AUS R.Muld/F.Ren Total pts: 73 (9,5,4,1,7,2,6,5,9,7,7,6,5,10)
7 AUS B.Schahinger/C.Cartrwright Total pts: 91 (5,8,7,5,11,6,9,6,10,12,5,8,3,8)
8 CHN C.Steilberg/J.Wong Total pts: 93 (4,6,8,4,8,10,2,7,8,10,8,9,11,9)
9 USA B.Myrter/C.Lam Total pts: 94 (8,7,5,9,6,11,8,4,6,6,9,11,10,5)
10 BRA L.Machado/G.Da Silva Total pts: 117 (10,13,15,11,9,7,15,10,5,5,3,10,8,11)

For complete results click here

Congratulations to Rod & Kerry and Evelyon and Anothony and to all the Australians who collected 4 of the top 6 podium places on offer across the two Division. Awesome!

And from today it's the Juniors Worlds turn with Jason Waterhouse sailing. Good luck.

The Hobie Worlds are on between 15 August to 31 August 2010 and is the first time such a grand event is being held in Asia. It's also one of the top international events in China following the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 Shanghai World Expo. There are more than 150 crews and 400 sailors from nearly 30 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the Fiji Islands, Spain, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia, taking part in the contest in youth groups, women's groups, masters, the grand masters and open worlds.

Follow all the action at the Hobie Worlds on the event site by clicking here