Originally Posted by tigerboy1
The course for the F18 Worlds in Long Beach is known as a trapezoid...with windward, leeward, two reaching legs and separate start/finish lines. See the attached links for course diagrams. There is a "inner loop" with a gate and an "outer loop" without. Better start practicing now grin

http://raceadmin.ussailing.org/Assets/Race+Admin/Race+Officers/Course-Diagrams/Trap_Inner.jpg

http://raceadmin.ussailing.org/Assets/Race+Admin/Race+Officers/Course-Diagrams/Trap_Outer.jpg

John Bauldry
USF18 Northern Area Rep
Hobie Wild Cat USA194


I can't make much sense of the inner trap diagram. If you round the starboard side of the gate do you still go around the windward mark as the diagram shows for rounding the port side of the gate? I love the outer trap course.


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