Here are the results from the Jetty Park Ocean Regatta. The F16HP's raced the F18's boat for boat. The F18 is clearly faster than the F16HP from my experience and I was only lucky to win the regatta because Mark Murray was over the line early on two starts.

Overall Skipper Sail # Class Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5
1 Jennifer Lindsay 262 F16 2 2 1 3 6
2 Mark Murray 324 F18 DNS 1 DNS 1 1
3 Chuck Harnden 189 F16 3 4 2 2 3
4 Scott Hubel 964 F18 4 3 3 4 2
5 Chris Runge 24 F18 1 5 4 5 4
6 Seth Stern 221 F16 5 6 5 6 5

Jennifer
Taipan 4.9/F16HP #262