Welcome to the forum Martien !
Last Global Challenge proved to be very succesfull for us, not in results but in experience. We learned a lot,
Especially since your crew had a 3 hour master class with Greg Goodall himself !
With respect to the F18's and F16's. Indeed, the best F18's crews were at the Dutch Nationals. Still I think this particular NAM-REM race data set to be more dependable because these hot shots weren't there. It helps no-one when the all the rock stars are on F18's while we, the F16's crews, are still best identified as hard working amateurs.
When the F16's can have talented sailors like Mischa, Loos and Geijssen on board then we can race and compare the performance of the F16's directly with the best of the F18 crews. Till that time we just have to find data were crews of comparable skill sail against eachother on different boat types.
Still, there was one Hot Shot on the F16's, Greg Goodall, and if we take him as a benchmark despite the fact that this was his first sail on the Viper, then I think the F16 and F18 crews at the event did well enough.
Wouter
