Perhaps many of you don't remember Wouter lobbying to get the F16 number lower. Guess he thought that would attract more sailors as it led one to believe the boat was super fast. It was not.
It started out around 66 to 67 which wasn't too bad. Even so,you struggled to get in the top 3. Now the number is ridiculously low and no one is going to sail to that number.
Seems the F16s wanted to sail with the F18s at Tradewinds to show how fast they were.., and were not even close.
Sailed at its best, I believe the F16 should be no lower than a 65. I am talking the uni version, of course. Never raced it as a sloop, but still can't see it being much faster.
Rick