Final results are here:
http://f16worlds2014.org/resultsHard to believe it's already over...
Congrats to the winners. The results barely show how close it really was.
The Aussie pair of Adrian and Jesse were tough to beat. Gracious in victory, one of the best acceptance speeches ever.
Ravi and Sam were OCS several times, returned and still smoked most of the fleet. Had they not had gear failure earlier in the week, we may be looking at a different champion. Ravi is headed to Boston for college, can't wait to see him playing in the F18 crowd up here over the next few years.
It was great meeting so many of you who I feel I've "known" for years on here. Karl is a standup guy. I owe you rum.
Many thanks to all of the F16 class volunteers and sailors for helping pull this off. Huge thanks as well to Sail Newport for all of their support, assets and volunteers, especially to one of its founders, Dr. Robin Wallace, for use of his boat, Dolphin, as the signal boat. Thanks too, to some of my local Hobie fleet friends, as well as some great RC volunteers from elsewhere in the bay who I've met over the years. Couldn't have done this without all of you.
Hope Newport was everything you expected and more. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon.
Mike
