Wouter
F16 is on its second season as a Florida Harken bouy race class, still waiting on the A-cat equivalent. That 35 boat A-cat regatta sure was impressive, but are you catching my drift here ?
I didnt catch your drift Wouter, can you be more specific? I dont understand your veiled references.
Also, why does there need to be an "equivalent?"
The Bristol A Fleet runs races every Tuesday night and they get good turnout. And they will probably see at least 2 new boats on the line this year (mine and one other) They probably get 8-12 boats per week, with very talented guys like Ben Hall, Lars Guck, Phil Kinder, etc, etc, etc.
Got any F16 "equivilants" to those guys? The list of extremely good cat sailors (like Charlie Ogletree, Olympic Silver medalist) that call the A cat their boat is long and deep.
Bob Hodges said it earlier, he described the level of experience that sails in the A class, and it includes Olympic medalists, World Champs, national champs... You can't ignore that kind of talent in a class. And you shouldn't brush it off with veiled references.
The F16 is interesting and I'm impressed with the level of response this discussion has gotten from guys that are now F16 converts. Vectorworks predicts 20 boats this year in the US. Thats all good, but dont overstate it.
Bill
