Just exactly how does boat weight affect performance?
The Polish Exploder F18 team's boat weighed in at 198.5(!) KG. If a Tiger or Infusion weighed that much you
would probably ask your money back, yet they where very competitive and finished 16th overall (IMHO it was also a very ugly boat making it even more remarkable <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> ).

It is still strange that so little F16s show up, every year it is only Geert.
There must be more boats in the neighboring countries that are able to make the trip?
(Correction: There where also 2 Viper's at pos 116 & 338).