Hobie Fleet 4

There's a new documentary coming out about the 1995 all-female America's Cup campaign, featuring San Diego's own repeat Hobie champ, Annie Gardner, who was on the team. It's a one-time screening at AMC Mission Valley on September 11th, and I think a few old Hobie types plan to show up.

Mighty Mary Film Mighty Mary, narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, directed and produced by Mary Mazzio, chronicles the first all-women's America's Cup team in history.

Efforts are underway to bring a regatta back to San Felipe later this year. See the forwarded message below, with a link to an interest survey...

Please fill out this survey to provide input to whether you would be interested in attending a multihull regatta in San Felipe, Mexico on the Sea of Cortez in November 2026. There is a tourism group attempting to revive sailing in San Felipe who will have a planning meeting the weekend of April 27-29, 2026. San Felipe is about a 4.5 to 5 hour drive from San Diego driving east on I-8 crossing the border at Mexicali and then heading south on Mexico Route 5.

Please respond right away and no later than Tuesday, April 24 at midnight. The survey takes about 5 minutes. Please respond even if you do not want to participate so we know who is not interested.

Here is the San Felipe Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZLr7y4e-4mAlnmsch8m50WxM8LDd8fWTJZol3vOZtXOjB0w/viewform?usp=publish-editor

(Photos from the May 1978 Hobie Hotline)

San Diego Fleet Four Classic-Mission Bay Yacht Club.

Here’s the story I mentioned at trophies about the original San Diego Classic being held in Mission Bay, not San Diego Bay, which makes this year’s MBYC Catfight event a homecoming of sorts, and most definitely Classic. This is from 1974, which by our count was the 2nd annual. If you click through and scroll down to the results, John Hauser took 2nd in 16B.

From the May 1974 Hobie Hotline.https://media.hobie.com/digital_assets/HotLine_1974_05.pdf

In place of the San Diego Classic this year, we've added the Catfight 2 regatta hosted by Mission Bay Yacht Club as a Division 2 points regatta on June 8th and 9th. RV and tent camping is available at Campland on the Bay, a 3-mile drive away - technically you can launch and sail from there too, but it may not be practical to make it to the races on time. Backup camping is also available at Mission Bay RV Resort. Stay tuned for more details.

Special thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers. Without you we would not be able to put on the San Diego Classic.
Our sponsors
Murray’s Marine, Midway Museum, Giovanni’s Restaurant, The Galley Restaurant, Stohlquist, Fast Lane, BNS Brewery.
Just some of our volunteers, Tim Twomey, Denny and Susan Osburn, Joe & Linny Hurtado, Roscoe Tyler, Dan Ketterman, John Z. , Rick B., Leah Cruz, Scott Wentworth. If I missed anyone I apologize.

Some pictures from the San Diego 50th Classic.

Results from San Diego 50th Classic

Packing up for San Diego Classic. Now where’s our stuff going to go?