Hi wouter
everything is well, except that everything is frozen here in Switzerland and nobody goes sailing.
about the 18HT being easy to right, well it is pretty well known that you'll 2 persons on the righting line to do it. And which beach cat can't be righted with 2 on the line ? That is just normal, not really anything special.
From my own expirience in righting a standard F18, I can tell that 18HT is easier to right. Even the Hobie 16 is harder to right... But of course everything is a matter of technique
F18 has significantly more power then an F16 but they are still about the same in speed.
Which has to be proven in races too ...
My beleave is, that the high wind capabilities of the F18 are also better than those of the F16. The F18 is heavier, longer (less pintching) and the max speed is probably higher.
The 18HT will not be faster in winds above 4 Bft.
This was never my point.
The funpart in sailing a boat which is more powered up, you get earlier on one hull, you can trapeze earlier.
Often we can double trapeze while our friends on the tornado are still sitting on there hulls and get bored
The difference is not that small and I have not very often missed the lack of righting moment.
I also think that the 18HT and F18 are not really comparable. They are just too different. In races the conditions favor once the F18 and on the other hand the 18HT. Also the different texelrating for different windforces dosn't help mutch, as the conditions can vary within the race.
Therefor I prefer to race one design.
Check out our racing calendar 2006
http://people.freenet.de/catamaran/AquastarFlyer2.pptThe first 3 boats in the Cup, will be awarded with a watch
Regarding race results.
As I remember in 2004, I think that Daniele Sargoni made it to the second place in Duc d'albe, Hyeres, France. (He was actually faster than Mitch Booth)
Results I can only dream off!
