Wouter, I think you just need to register in the "yahoo group" to post on the french forum. After that you should be able to post.

I read that some of you are thinking about coming at the next eurocat, in carnac. That is shurely a good idea! The best would be to have 20 F16 or more to get your own separate regatta... Or maybe ask the comittee to race with F18!?

French sailors just don't know F16 exists, and they pay more attention to boats that they can see! And for now, there is no F16 in france vs a significant number of spitfire (and other F104)! Even if I say in the french forum that F16 is great (and I will not do that too often otherwise people will get bored...), people want to see the boat and her performance with their own eyes!
Yves loday has done several regattas with his new spitfire to advertise it! It seems to me that there is a need of a good F16 crew racing regularly in France...

Actually, I'm amazed that for now, in the F16 class, nobody has tried to bring the F16 in France. I maybe wrong, but isn't France one of the biggest sport catamaran market???

Last thing, there is a rumor that nacra will build a F104 in the near futur... Nacra is pretty popular now, because of the good result of their F18 infusion. If they go to F104 too... Well, bad news for the F16, at least in france...
It's time to show your muscles F16 class!

tom.