Ben,
Welcome to the class.
I would like to use this opportunity to invite you to become a F16 class member with voting rights.
For more information on that go to :
http://www.catsailor.com/forums/sho...ge=1&view=expanded&sb=5&o=14In summary :
Membership is free of charge and 2005 will be given to any-one sending the following data to
Formula16class(at)hotmail.com
Full name (First name , sir name and additional initials)
E-mail adress (of one that you look into and will keep for some time)
Sail club name (when one is a member of a local club)
location sail club = town + nation
Boat type
Boat name (optional; write in "no name" when your boat doesn't have a name)
Sail number
Year of build
In order to retain your membership for coming years like 2006 and so on you must at least once participate in a F16 event during 2005 or participate in an open regatta once of a minimal total of boats racing. For you guys there are 2 F16 events coming up. One in NSW (fun event of very long (spi) course and one in Victoria (the VC state titles). Otherwise an event as Foster or something is enough to renew your membership for 2006. Of course you'll have to sail as a F16 in such an open regatta. That is all, once a year.
I'm looking forward in putting you down as a F16 class member.
And ohh others like Marcus who are reading this are invited to become members too. Same procedure of course
One more question.
I'm looking at the picture you've attached and I'm quite interested in the size of the square-top you have on there. Is it 700 mm wide ?
If so can you give us a comparison between this sail and the standard Taipan 4.9 mainsail. I know a few of us are really interested in how the larger heads behaves on the AHPC superwing mast. Most of us have gone to 550 mm, but there is some fear that the superwing mast has a too flexible top to feature a head this big (700 mm - 750 mm). I think you are the first with a head this big (of the mainsail I mean)
Wouter
