Steve, I had heard from one of the dealers in aus that ther 18 doesn't have adequate buoyancy to run F18 gear, whether that s overall buoyancy or just distribution of buoyancy I'm not sure. But yes it would be a cheap way of getting into f18 if it worked.

Gary,
you mentioned using the A class yardstick, I've been asking about F16 handicaps before but only got references to some portsmouth or texel thingos that make no sense to me. Is our VYC not yet giving a rating due to lack of data? Did you pick the Aclass rating as a guide or did the RC?

Cheers Phil