Thinking about future growth, I found the following table interesting. It is the quotas for the F-18 class worlds in Spain:

QUOTAS
Allocation of the quotas per country/region are as displayed in the table below. The International Formula 18 Association reserves the right to re-allocate quotas.
2007 World Champion 1
Australia 8
Belgium 9
France 22
Germany 25
The Netherlands 22
Italy 16
North American 4
Sweden 9
United Kingdom 13
Wild Cards (Host Country) 20
Wild Cards (Host Association) 2
Wild Cards (International F18 Association) 9
Ref: http://f18.es/nigran2008/index.php?...ask=view&id=12&Itemid=29

In total 160 boats, but looking at the distribution it is indicative for where the cat racing communites are? These are all pretty serious racers and the F-16 class can offer a boat targeting a wider selection of sailors. We should be able to expand a bit more than this both in numbers and locations. Getting translations of our website in french, german, italian and spanish is a given, but we need someone to break the ice and spread the word in these countries (and other contries of course). Suggestions in addition to the Carnac event?