Hi all,
Gordon sent me the attached results with a bit more detail of boat types. Sure you all want the most info. available <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
F-16 Vic States Portland 5th & 6th.April 2008
Scratch Results Progressive
Sail No. Boat Type Skipper Boat Name State Yacht Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Position
AUS 113 Viper F-16 Sloop L. Goodall Viper 1 Victoria PMYC 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 8 1
AUS 404 Blade F-16 Cat T. Barrett The Pork Hunt South Aust ASC 6 3 3 4 1 1 3 2 13 2
AUS 400 Blade F-16 Cat G. Maskiell Formula Cat Aus Victoria GLYC 1 7 2 6 8 5 4 DNF 25 3
AUS 332 Taipe F-16 Cat D. James ? South Aust ASC 2 2 5 11 DNF 2 9 5 25 4
AUS 405 Blade F-16 Cat M. Towell Vertigo South Aust VHYC 9 9 8 5 2 4 2 4 25 5
AUS 322 Taipan Sloop w/kite* G. Barrett Tasi Oki Victoria FYC 5 5 6 8 7 10 5 3 31 6
AUS 65 Taipan Sloop w/kite* J. McDonald Macatak Victoria FYC 4 8 7 3 6 7 6 6 32 7
1789 Mosquitto Cat w/kite* N. Joiner Immunity Victoria GLYC 7 5 4 9 4 11 11 8 37 8
AUS 334 Taipan Sloop w/kite* C. Johnson 4 Play Victoria FYC DNF 11 9 2 9 8 8 7 43 9
AUS 259 Taipan Cat w/kite ** J. Demeo Where the Fox Victoria AWYC 8 4 11 7 DNF 6 10 DNF 46 10
1775 Mosquitto Cat w/kite* T. Shepperd Karma Cat Victoria GLYC 10 10 10 10 5 9 7 9 50 11
1740 Mosquitto Cat w/kite* M. Kirby Jurassic Karp Victoria WYC DNC DNC DNC 12 10 12 12 10 69 12
* Denotes standard boat with addition of a kite
** Ran old style "pin head" main
Conditions where first 5 races Sat. Flat water shifty gusty offshore wind starting at average 8 knots building to 15kts and dying out to 8 knots again. Last 3 races Sunday on shore winds with small swell and building chop, winds starting av.8 knots building to 12 knots. Nearly all races the wind was strong enough for trapezing upwind nearly all the time, for most sailors. All races windward and returns 2laps with finish times as short as 20 minutes.
Quick conclusions from the regatta from my view point are.
Starts where important with short races, fairly obvious I guess.
The best crewed boat won.
The difference in straight line speed, between different designs in the conditions was negligible.
Between 10 and 15 knots the difference between one up and two up boats is crew work.
One up and two up boats can race very closely.
Trapezing down wind, one or two up is the fastest way <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />, once wind is sufficent, aprox. 10 knots when sailing with swell and only made bigger difference as wind increased to 15 knots. One and two up boats where seen trapezing downwind, sailing 5 degrees lower and faster <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> than those sitting on the side.
Nearly every body had a look at the front at some stage, with many finishes only seconds seperated positions.
The Mossies where allways ready to show the Faster? F16's when they made a mistake, by leading around the first mark on one occasion and passing many down wind <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />.
The South Australians will be hard to beat in the future as they get more experience on F16's. Tony had never sailed a Blade before, Danny had not sailed for 2 months and still recovering from foot operation, Marcus hadn't sailed a Blade since Zandvoort. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
