Welcome to the club Stephen.

Several of us have been saying to everybody that the US F16 handicap is far off, especially for the singlehanded version. In the east of the USA, the skippers have decided together to no longer race of the singlehanded rating but off the faster doublehanded rating. They had to practically force and beg the RC's to accept giving them a faster rating. Strange world isn't it ?

Outside of the USA the F16's are being raced of handicaps that are the same as the F18's or 1 % slower or faster. There is some variation here between the doublehanders and singlehanders although the singlehander is more often rated faster then the F16 2-up and the F18's.

The US F16 handicaps are between 5% and 8% slower then the F16 ratings in other parts of the world.

Next timem if you want to play fair, just ask to be rated of the F18 handicap when you are sailing with a spinnaker, that is a very good starting point for both setups (1-up and 2-up).

Wouter