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New Zealand Hobie Nationals 19th and 20th March 2011

by David Brookes on 2 Mar 2011
NZ Hobie Nationals 2010 David Brookes / International Hobie Class Association
The New Zealand Hobie Nationals will be conducted on the weekend of 19 and 20 March.

While New Zealand mourns the tragic earthquake that recently hit Christchurch life most go in. The Hobie World sends it thoughts to our Hobie sailors in New Zealand.

There will be practice racing at Takapuna this coming Sunday (6 March) and the Matakana Raid in Tauranga the following weekend (13 and 14 March).

The notice of race and payment instructions are posted on the Hobie website

They can also be found on the Takapuna website
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