It doesn't ?

I checked again on another PC (at work) and it loads again. It is a link to a PDF-file (So you must have a PDF-reader properly installed on your PC).

Let me see if I can find a pure HTML link

http://www.watersportverbond.nl/content.asp?me_id=468%20

This is the welcomes page. At the top you can find some links to PDF and zip files that will show you the Texel rating numbers.

However best way is to find a free PDF reader and open the orginal link with that. Actually I have a link for that :

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

This is the first page to downloading a free acrobat PDF reader application.

Otherwise here is a summary :

All ratings presented in this post are Texel ratings for singlehanded sailing with spi (if the class allows one). First number is for light winds and the second is for heavy winds. The lower the number the faster the boat. The first rating is of a doublehanded Formula 18 boat, to give you an idea of where to put the singlehanders ratings.

They are ordered from slow to fast (except for the Formula 18 rating that is on top for reference);

Formula 18 (doublehanded with spi) ; 102 / 102

nacra inter 17 ;________110 / 112 (+spi)
shadow ;_____________107 / 111 (+spi)
nacra inter17 XL ;______106 / 110 (+spi, same as I-17 with a 1.5 sq. mtr. bigger mainsail)
hobie FX one :_________105 / 108 (+ spi)
Nacra 18m2 :__________103 / 106 (! No spi !)
nacra inter 17R :_______102 / 106 (+spi) Now also know under the name nacra F17.
Taipan 4.9 with spi :____101 / 105 (= standard Taipan 4.9 with spi, but no other F16 mods, this is grandfathered into F16)
Formula 16 :__________100 / 104 (= Taipan F16 (modified 4.9), Stealth F16 and Blade F16)
a-cat :_______________99 / 104 (No spi)
Marstrom M18 :________91 / 97 (= a modified A-cat with wider beam and more sail area and a spinnaker as well)


Here you see how the mods have affected the I-17 design. US guys are talking about the I17R (or nacra F17) design which is arguably alot more in the front of the fleet. Europeans and such are more familiar with the other versions of this design, the plain I-17 one and the XL version. 1 point rating difference under texel equals 36 second per hour of bouy racing. So when a design goes down from 110 to 102 then that equals becoming 8 * 36 = 4 min and 48 sec = about 5 minutes per hour of bouy racing faster.

The Marstom M18 is lonely at the very top speedwise but it is also very rare. If money is no problem than that is the most sexy boat to own. Only 78 kg's all carbon and a dream to right. The next best things are obvious.

I believe the links to the other rating systems worked.

It see it has stopped raining so I can go out. Good luck and I hope this info helps

Wouter