6 & 7 February 2010- Hobie Nationals Thailand
by Richard van den Heuvel

Splendid weather for this year's Hobie Nationals, good steady wind, not too much, so the four races each day could be sailed without interruption. Many thanks to our Race Officers, Khun Sukit and Khun Visanu, as well as to all the other staff involved, for the smooth running of the event. On Saturday we saw some capsizes in the Hobie Tiger fleet, a cat a bit more difficult to keep up apparently. But all were determined to sail as much as possible and not give up, even with gear failure. On Saturday afternoon one helm sailed to Ocean Marina to get his boat repaired, so he could continue the competition. Congratulations to all sailors for thair determination to keep sailing to the end.
The National Champion Hobie Tiger 2010 is Stefaan de Vos with crew Apple. The National Champion Hobie 16 for 2010 is Bob Gardham with crew Judy Gardham. Congratulations !
The fleet before the start.
Start of race 5 of the Hobie Tigers
Start of the Hobie 16 fleet
Small and Large at sea.

The results are as follows:

Boat Sail
Number		 Skipper Crew

Race
1

 Race
2		 Race
3		 Race
4		 Race
5		 Race
6		 Race
7		 Race
8		 Total Total
2 Disc.		 Place
2 Disc.
Hobie Tiger 2548 Stefaan de Vos Apple
2
1
2
1
3
2
12
1
13
9
1
Hobie Tiger 2607 Jean-Phlippe Proust Virginie Proust
1
4
3
3
4
1
7
12
35
16
2
Hobie Tiger 2017 Morten Jakobson Su Ann Khoo
3
2
12
5
1
12
3
2
40
16
3
Hobie Tiger 2525 Saranya Makinson Rock
12
3
1
2
2
4
6
4
34
16
4
Hobie Tiger 2116 Andy Wells Caroline Wells
5
6
4
4
5
6
1
3
35
22
5
Hobie Tiger 2497 Patrice Lesage Quentin Lesage
4
5
7
6
7
3
4
5
41
27
6
Hobie Tiger 2275 Nick Henley Simon Makinson
12
7
5
8
8
5
5
6
56
36
7
Hobie Tiger 2356 Mark Hamil-Stewart Piew
7
9
8
12
6
8
8
8
66
45
8
Hobie Tiger 2432 Arend Bouwer Nick Weeks
6
12
12
12
9
7
9
7
74
50
9
Hobie Tiger 2242 Dave Littlejohn Kiwi Pete
12
8
6
7
11
9
10
12
75
51
10
Hobie Tiger 1559 Stephan Jelmar
12
12
12
9
10
10
12
9
86
62
11
Hobie 16 42 Bob Gardham Judi Gardham
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
6
1
Hobie 16 15 Alex Skaria Alberto Cassio
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
19
13
2
Hobie 16 14 Pieri Qualtieri Toy
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
23
16
3
Hobie 16 104683 Yves Caette Martine Carette
5
5
5
5
2
4
4
4
34
24
4

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