I'm always conservative in naming the Spitfire boats as F16's in situations like these, because I can guess what kind of reply that will get.
But indeed the Spitfire did very well. It also came in before the A-cats (elapsed time) !
Well done
Wouter
Indeed
From the class rules:
The design and development of the Spitfire catamaran is directed towards strict onedesign
classes where the true test is between sailors and sailing skill, and not boats.
Always stirring the pot huh…
If he had 10 spitfires to race… he would count his results as a one design. But he doesn’t… he is one of a few in a 500 boat race.
How could he possibly have fun without his one design class around him?…
Well.
Now… If he had an additional 10 F16’s to race… he would count his score up to 20 in F16’s
Since he rates about the same as the F18’s… he would certainly count his score up to 200 or so…
And he damn well wants to know how he finished out of the huge fleet on handicap.
But… that’s no different then scoring your self among the Hobie Tigers (presuming you follow the F18 rules on sail and weight) and then out of the F18 class followed by the level rated class (F18 and F16).
Or you could score US built Hobie 16’s and French built Hobie 16’s in the Hobie 16 class.. haven’t you heard… there is a difference between them (grin)… (Still not sure how you score the the Hobie 16 with Spin that the Youth and Women are now racing internationally) (grin)
If people just raced with your one design philosophy … you would not have Texel. Look at texel… they start 500 boats together…. Everyone is racing everyone…. Then they break it down… (hell, you can break it down till you get to the “class” US built Hobie 16’s)
