Most handicap systems have the F16 and the F18 very close to bang equal. The US is probably the last holdout now that Oz has clued in. And that has more to do with administration than performance differences.
F16 US DPN = 63.0
F18 US DPN = 62.4
Not a bunch of difference, imo. Now check this one out:
F17 US DPN = 66.7
Go figure ... those are some quick boats.
Schneider made a comment a few weeks ago that the mid-year change to US F16 DPN change was not related to new data import (I KNOW some new regatta data was added) - but rather by discussion and arbitration. Is that true?
