Fifty years ago, Hobie Alter created the first-ever Hobie Cat catamaran on the stretch of beach in front of Wayne Schafer’s Capo Beach home. Schafer never could have imagined how far his friend’s ...

At age 52, Korzeniewski has won five North American Hobie Cat sailing championships — the last two with her young, teenage daughter, Erika, aboard as her crew. Next month, she's eyeing the 34th annual ...

How a small stretch of sand in Orange County transformed the sailing world … as told by Wayne Penn-Schafer, the man who was there. It’s quiet and glassy out on the reef at Poche. Every 20 minutes or ...

Prior to the Hobie Cat, invented by well-known surfboard maker Hobie Alter, sailing was for the elite. It was a sport reserved for members of yacht clubs who had the mega bucks it took to buy a big ...

Up to 100 Hobie Cat sailboats will race this weekend off Oneida Shores park in Cicero. It's time for the 33rd annual Madcatter Regatta and 2009 Northeastern Championships, which will run from Thursday ...

CLEAR LAKE - An ever-changing rainbow of colors, the sleek sailing crafts skimmed across the water Saturday in a dance of elegance and grace. The Midwest Hobie Cat Championship regatta brought teams ...

WILDWOOD— The Wildwoods’ Classic Cup XXVII Hobie Cat Races will attract more than 75 boats and 150 sailors from New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware and other states along the East Coast. The ...

Hobie Cat sailors were in Monterey Thursday for a two-day race workshop at Del Monte Beach. The workshop, taught by world champion sailor Blaine Dodds of South Africa, will be followed by three days ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Hobart Alter, whose development of the foam surfboard and the “Hobie Cat” sailboat brought masses to the water, has died. He was 80. A statement on the Hobie sporting goods ...

THE WILDWOODS – Neon-colored sails will flood the waters along the Wildwoods’ beaches during the Wildwoods Classic Cup XXVI Hobie Cat Races Saturday, Aug.14 and Sunday, Aug. 15 between Spencer and ...

You’ve got to spend money to earn money. That maxim seemed to hold sway with Lee County commissioners Tuesday, when they OK’d spending $250,000 in bed tax revenues to bring the Hobie 16 World ...

The drowning death of a 3-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. girl has been ruled accidental by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington. Alexandra Vitale, died of asphyxiation by submersion on ...