spoken to the race officer and it was indeed missing out the upwind gate both on Sat and Sun that clobbered some F16 boats results. The Sun briefing was held partly for that reason.
It was interesting to finally race F16 against Spitfire in numbers boat for boat.(although for sep class prizes)
I think it would be fair to say that the Spitfire sailors easily had the best of it particularly on the Sunday.
How much is boat and how much is sailor, everyone will have their own opinion but mine is that the Spitfire fleet in the UK seems to attract the keenest and some of the best 16 foot cat sailors in the country.The boat is very good and the fleet continues to get better (blast and "^**^)
The Spitfire handicap is fair compared to F18 but there is more speed to come out of the F16's before they reach F18 rating.

Which boat is best? why the catamaran of course!

Hope to see more of you next year
Gary