The Hobie 16 NA's get going today in Pensacola, Florida with over 70 boats!
Here is the competitor list that shows which group everyone is in and what Hobie division they represent. Congratulations to all of the teams.
Check it out and see who you know, who will win?
2015 Hobie 16 North Americans - Group Placement
Skipper Group HCA Division
Andy Humphries Blue 9
David Heroux Blue 12
Eric Raybon Blue 11
Gregory Minnaar Blue 8
Herb James Blue 16
Joel Hutchings Blue 7
John Hoag Blue 4
John Ped Blue 4
Marc Bachman Blue 15
Mark Hamlin Blue 3
Nicolas Liebel Blue 16
Paul Hess Blue 3
Pedro Colon Blue 13
Rich McVeigh Blue 11
Shane Gaston Blue 8
Tom Butler Blue 11
Tony Krauss Blue 2
William Jeffers Blue 16
Adam Atherton Green 16
Alex Bommersbach Green 7
Bill Kast Green 11
Bret Moss Green 8
Carter Lucas Green 9
Chris Bradshaw Green 7
Fernando Guirola Green 6
Francisco Figueroa Green 13
Jason Sanchez Green 8
Jim Glanden Green 11
John Holmberg Green 13
Mark Ashburn Green 2
Mike Montague Green 3
Pat Porter Green 3
Robbin Mocarski Green 16
Timothy Donigan Green 16
Todd Morrill Green 4
Tyler Myers Green 11
Adam Borcherding Red 3
clifford mccarty Red 12
Dan Jarrett Red 14
David Sparkuhl Red 2
Emilio Vales Red 13
Fred Weidig Red 8
Greg Raybon Red 11
Jason Hess Red 13
Jim Doty Jr Red 11
Karen-Ann Xavier Red 16
Kat Porter Red 3
Kirk Newkirk Red 15
Michelle Rathkamp Red 6
Peter Nelson Red 4
Rex Mitchell Red 2
Rob Jerry Red 16
Ryan Richardson Red 7
Tom Korzeniewski Red 16
Andreas Guirola Yellow 13
Blair Wallace Yellow 3
Chris Wessels Yellow 7
Gustavo Pinto Yellow 13
J Rosenbach Yellow 4
Jeffrey Newsome Yellow 2
Jim Sajdak Yellow 3
Julio Caceres Yellow 13
Ken Hilk Yellow 11
Mark Modderman Yellow 11
Mark Ralph Yellow 14
Mark Van Doren Yellow 9
Naomi Van den Bergh Yellow 15
Phil sanchez Yellow 8
Robert Johnson Yellow 8
Robert Longo Yellow 16
Ron Holm Yellow 7
Sue Korz Yellow 16
Walter Myers Yellow 11
FINAL 09/20/2015 19:30
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Damon Linkous
My money is on Andy Humphries, only because I would feel better about having lost to him several times.
~~~ Anyone from ''FLEET 204'' Syracuse, NY... We have a bunch of good sailors there, about 10ish... 204 204 204 204 204...YYYAAAAAAA π π π π π
~~popeyez7~~
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~~ Vietnam Vet. 69-71 ~~
carolinacatamarans wrote: My money is on Andy Humphries, only because I would feel better about having lost to him several times.
Andy is definitely a "Pro from Dover" in this event. Been a long time since he regularly raced Hobie 16's but has deep experience from the early days. He's also a Memphis sailor!
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Damon Linkous
For those that aren't aware of how the Hobie are Divisions break down, here is a map.
Interesting that, by my count, there are only Six boats out of 73 that come from 9 and 15, the two closest divisions to the event.
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Damon Linkous
We are in division 15 and somehow they have us showing as division 8... weird
popeyez7 wrote: ~~~ Anyone from ''FLEET 204'' Syracuse, NY... We have a bunch of good sailors there, about 10ish... 204 204 204 204 204...YYYAAAAAAA π π π π π
Yeah.....any one of which could be national champion in a given year!
I've sailed with a bunch of those guys at midwinters, and it looks to me like half the line up or more are friggin' rock stars. You have to go down to about 50th place to find some of the mere humans that I can compete with!
That said....I'm rooting for Wally Myers.....he was most fun to have a beer with when the racing was done for the day!
Results: http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/10102#_newsroom
Jerome Vaughan
Hobie 16
Clinton, Mississippi
Also interested to see how Andy does. He came up to Michigan for a couple regattas this year and killed it. Shared a campsite with him and glad to know him now, cool dude. Hope to soak up some of that skill by association. Haha.