ABW March 2024
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HOBIE<br />
RTV <strong>2024</strong><br />
The lead changed more than<br />
once and rounding the far<br />
northwestern point brought<br />
an extra dimension to the<br />
race, as the fleets had to<br />
negotiate hundreds of new<br />
fishponds on the east side of<br />
Volcano Island.<br />
An excellent day of racing was held at the Taal Lake<br />
Yacht Club in the Philippines for the annual, Hobie<br />
16, Round the Volcano (RTV) Regatta. The event<br />
comprised a passage race and a smaller format<br />
fleet race, with Hobie 16s split into racing and cruising<br />
classes. The bar-to-bar race format for the ‘multihull’<br />
(Getaway) class and the second upwind/downwind race for<br />
the Hobie 16s gave additional excitement and flavour to this<br />
auspicious event, which came hot on the heels of the Oz<br />
Goose RTV regatta two weeks earlier.<br />
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Words by BARRY DAWSON<br />
Photographs as Credited<br />
It was terrific to see many first-time skippers and crew join<br />
the three fleets including the Hobie 16 cruising class and
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