I know you are just having fun and all but are you really aware that under both Texel and ISAF :

1-up F16 is rated 1% faster then both A-cat's and F18's.
2-up F16 is rating 1 % slower the both A-cat's and F18's

Prior to 2006 and with the coming new ISAF handicap rule the F16's were/are rated equal to the F18's.

From 2001 to 2005 I (and others under Texel) raced of a F18 handicap. This year I get 27 seconds/45 min race (= 1 %)

Today we had another enjoyable club race day. 3 racing in total. An F18 crew asked me afterwards ;"what is the rating for those F16's", I said "102 under Texel, 1 point slower then you".
He replied :"That is a give-away rating". I finished twice just behind him at 5 to 9 seconds. After the totals were calculated he was the second fastest F18 during this day. The two Blades finished ahead of him, both in scoring and on finish line. You just can buy confirmation of F16 performance like that.

Another happening this weekend, This time in USA.


Gilligans run 26 miles distance race in medium winds. Blade F16 sailed by the McDonalds husband and wife team have beaten all other boats (17 in total) to the finish line on elapsed time. So we can just forget about corrected time in this case. There was a Capricorn F18 there but the crew has owned this boat for only a few weeks so they are still getting to know the boat.

Wouter