2016 Hobie® 16 Worlds - Open Qualifying Series - Who made the cut?

by Hobie Cat on 9 Jun 2016 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championship - After three days of challenging competition we have now split the fleet for the Hobie® 16 World Championship, Open Series, Semi Finals!

Yesterday's racing got off to a late start as overnight rain had taken some of the wind from our sails but as they say, “That’s sailing”. Our Hobie 16 open qualifiers checked out their boats early so that the fleet could hit the water when the Race Officer had set the course and called for ‘off the beach’. The call came at around 11:30am after the sailors had prepped their cats, had an early lunch and even played some volleyball.

When the call came, it was ‘Game On’ with three back to back races in which to make it count. The afternoon’s racing brought the total number of races for the qualifying series to eight and conditions were once again light with shifty winds from six - eleven knots before clouds rolled in and closed out the day at the end of race eight. It is a testament to the Race Officer, Beach Crew and On Water Teams on organising quality racing despite light and shifty conditions.

Last night our sailors enjoyed each other’s company once again as the fleet was split and today we begin the Hobie 16 World Championship Open Semi Finals. At the close of the Qualifying Series, the provisional Semi Finals Competitor Listing is below.

Provisional Semi Finals Competitor Listing

#	SKIPPER'S NAME	CREW'S NAME	REPRESENTING
1	Peter Bates	Juliet Bates	Australia
2	Meagan Bursa	Rohin Adams	Australia
3	Michael Butler	Bonnie Butler	Australia
4	John Duchatel	Evelyn Curtis	Australia
5	Phillip Epps	Caitlyn Epps	Australia
6	Fletcher Warren-Myers	Georgia Warren-Myers	Australia
7	Roderick Waterhouse	Bridget Bolewski	Australia
8	Joe Felipe Kraemer	Lawson Beltrame	Brasil
9	Nicolas Liebel	Laurence Liebel	Canada
10	Daniel Christensen	Josephine Frederiksen	Denmark
11	Nicolaj Christensen	Christian Dannefer	Denmark
12	Nicklas Heide-Joergensen	Calle Sorensen	Denmark
13	Cedric Bader	Sarah Hollands	France
14	Orion Gilles Coriolan Martin	Nadine Wieland	France
15	Dominique Robert	Lisbeth Buonanno	France
16	Kwok Hung Chan	Tat Lai	Hong Kong
17	Yui Shing Tong	Ka Chun Siu	Hong Kong
18	Daisuke Kimpara	Taiga Kimpara	Japan
19	Masaaki Nakamura	Go Obuchi	Japan
20	Teppei Tanaka	Wataru Kakuta	Japan
21	Thorin Zeilmaker	Nolty Geijssen	Netherlands
22	Leo Belouard	Theo Bore	New Caledonia
23	Juliette Le Tenier	Jade Leste	New Caledonia
24	William Edwards	Lucinda Edwards	South Africa
25	Adam Borcherding	Julieanne Jones	USA
26	Benjamin Brown	Emily Rathburn	USA
27	Richard Mcveigh	Carol Mcveigh	USA
28	Michael Montague	Kathleen Ward	USA
29	John Ped	Alexander Leblond-Bonnah	USA
30	Patrick Porter	Katherine Porter	USA
31	Gregory Raybon	Nancy Kornblum	USA
32	Blair Wallace	Alexandra Spiegel	USA
33	Mario Dubeux	Thias Jacobus	Brasil
34	Robert Andrews	Haylie Andrews	Australia
35	Byeong Ki Park	Hae Kwang Youn	Korea
36	Paul Darmanin	Lucy Copeland	Australia
37	Benjamin Roulant	Jessica Nuel	France
38	Campbell Weddell	Sam Norris	Australia
39	Auxence Thomas	Olivier Dorin	New Caledonia
40	Murray Peterson	Natalie Gray	Australia
41	Katie Peterson	Sharon Rayner	Australia
42	Ario Subagio	Sahmad Mustad	Indonesia
43	Nina Curtis	Haylee Outteridge	Australia
44	Enguerrand Thomas	Cyriaque Thomas	New Caledonia
45	Kam Yin Shum	Lai Kwan Chan	Hong Kong
46	Gavin Luxton	Flynn Luxton	Great Britain
47	David Renouf	Rachel Renouf	Australia
48	Raymond Cox	Rhys Cox	Australia
49	Rex Mitchell	Dafna Brown	USA
50	Christopher Hansor	Racheal Bower	Australia
51	William Jolliffe	Bendy Lee	Hong Kong
52	Cao Huibin	Han Xiaoqiang	China
53	Peter McDougall	Alex Chen	Australia
54	Christopher Shu	Chi Fai Leung	Hong Kong
55	Shane Norris	Ying Ying Zhan	Hong Kong
56	Ronald Tam	Ki Wun Wong	Hong Kong