I for one am thrilled to see the F16's and nacra F17's go head to head.

The cat racing scene is too small to all lock ourselves away on our own little islands anyway.

Much better to just join fleets, have a good time and learn from eachother !

With respect to Tikipete. BC is not sailing a factory supplied F16 so I don't really see how he has any obligations to us as F16 sailors. So he brought a new design to the fray, good for him !

He won the event ? Well, did any of us expect anything other then that from BC ? He is a very good sailor; as we all know very well.

Wouter