Announcements
New Discussions
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
Hop To
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: phill] #141604
05/05/08 04:40 AM
05/05/08 04:40 AM
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 2,584
+31NL
Tony_F18 Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Tony_F18  Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 2,584
+31NL
I don't think there was any racing going on yesterday, there is a dutch press release from Hobiecat saying it was a sucessfull event for them (google translation):

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3...=en&ie=UTF8

--Advertisement--
Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: fin.] #141605
05/05/08 06:44 AM
05/05/08 06:44 AM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 266
UK
Cheshirecatman Offline
enthusiast
Cheshirecatman  Offline
enthusiast

Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 266
UK
Sorry, missed that link.

Cheshirecatman

Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: Cheshirecatman] #141606
05/05/08 10:39 AM
05/05/08 10:39 AM
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 465
Oxford, UK
pdwarren Offline
addict
pdwarren  Offline
addict

Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 465
Oxford, UK
****-ups, not entirely unrelated to the previous evening's activities, but this did mean that I had an excellent spectator seat for the end of the first race which saw Hans finish second on the water, beating three of the four Tornados. A very impressive result in conditions that weren't obviously favourable to a 1-up F16 - the Ts were twin wiring upwind, and the course included a couple of reaching legs.

Combined results from Friday's long distance are now up too:
http://www.yccarnac.com/version2/upload/copie_raid_eurocat_inc1_s.htm

Hans put in a very respectable 36th (out of 158 finishers), and I was very pleased with 77th in this fleet. The results don't include boat type, but the majority is the very strong F18 fleet, and those of us on the singlehanded F16s are giving them over 2% on handicap.

I enjoyed the long distance race, as the large fleet meant there was always someone nearby to race. The conditions were light but consistent, mostly just shy of trapezing conditions, and then dropping off at the end of the day. I found that upwind, when not trapezing there was absolutely nothing between me and the F18s around me, but once up to single trapezing I had a slight edge. Downwind I found it was definitely possible to make ground on the F18s, but in these conditions the boats are very close.

Congratulations to Gill and Kathleen, as first F16 in the overall results. It's a real shame we didn't get some more of the round the cans races in, as we had some good close racing amongst the F16s, but still, it was a great week and I'm definitely thinking about doing it again next year.

Paul

Last edited by pdwarren; 05/05/08 12:32 PM.
Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: pdwarren] #141607
05/05/08 02:13 PM
05/05/08 02:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 48
Belgium (Oostende)
Kathleen Offline OP
newbie
Kathleen  Offline OP
newbie

Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 48
Belgium (Oostende)
We're back now also. We did manage to race the long distance and it was beautiful, but very long (6.5 hours on the water). We did screw up somewhere and only finished 148th.

The end results are not yet totally correct. Hans got 2 DNS (1rst and 3rd race). He protested and they posted his results (19 & 16) but apparently they didn't add them to the end results. So overall he should be 14th we think (and first F16).

There were also 5 Mattia Esses sailing I think and the first overall was a Mattia.

It was fun and a good meeting place for the beginning of the sailing season. It was nice to see the other F16 sailors again!


Falcon F16 - BEL666
Boats: TheBoatShop.be
Stories: bladef16.blogspot.com
Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: Kathleen] #141608
05/05/08 04:59 PM
05/05/08 04:59 PM
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,449
P
phill Offline

veteran
phill  Offline

veteran
P

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,449
Paul and Kathleen,
Thankyou very much for the reports.
Glad you guys had a good time.

Regards,
Phill


I know that the voices in my head aint real,
but they have some pretty good ideas.
There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: phill] #141609
05/05/08 05:28 PM
05/05/08 05:28 PM

A
Anonymous
Unregistered
Anonymous
Unregistered
A



Also appreciate the fact that you all (incl. John, Paul, Hans, Marc) made the effort to attend. Good exposure for the class.

Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: scooby_simon] #141610
05/06/08 03:51 AM
05/06/08 03:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 221
Netherlands
Hans_Ned_111 Offline
enthusiast
Hans_Ned_111  Offline
enthusiast

Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 221
Netherlands
Francis Ferrari was sailing the Bim F18HT and NOT the X16 this was done by a friend of him.

Cheers,
Hans

Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: Hans_Ned_111] #141611
05/06/08 02:40 PM
05/06/08 02:40 PM
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,528
Looking for a Job, I got credi...
scooby_simon Offline
Hull Flying, Snow Sliding....
scooby_simon  Offline
Hull Flying, Snow Sliding....
Carpal Tunnel

Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,528
Looking for a Job, I got credi...
Quote
Francis Ferrari was sailing the Bim F18HT and NOT the X16 this was done by a friend of him.

Cheers,
Hans


I assumed as it was only his name on the long distance race he was single handed.


F16 - GBR 553 - SOLD

I also talk sport here
Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: scooby_simon] #141612
05/06/08 06:43 PM
05/06/08 06:43 PM
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 976
France
pepin Offline
old hand
pepin  Offline
old hand

Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 976
France
Quote
Quote
Francis Ferrari was sailing the Bim F18HT and NOT the X16 this was done by a friend of him.

Cheers,
Hans


I assumed as it was only his name on the long distance race he was single handed.

F18 != F18HT : http://www.18ht.ch/design-en.html

A F18HT is a single handed, main+spi boat.
A F18 is heavier, carrying two crew and has a jib.

Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: pepin] #141613
05/06/08 07:00 PM
05/06/08 07:00 PM
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,449
P
phill Offline

veteran
phill  Offline

veteran
P

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,449
Pepin,
From the link that you provided-


Quote
The 18HT is an open class of high performance catamaran carrying a mainsail and spinnaker and sailed by two persons.


I know that the voices in my head aint real,
but they have some pretty good ideas.
There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: phill] #141614
05/07/08 02:05 AM
05/07/08 02:05 AM
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 41
Geneva, Switzerland
J
johnfullerton Offline
newbie
johnfullerton  Offline
newbie
J

Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 41
Geneva, Switzerland
The 18ht are the most common cat sailed cat in my port.

They are a two hander boat.

If the wind is below 2bf, they may go out single handed.


Sarah and John
Stealth 551
RS400 871
Re: Live at Eurocat Carnac [Re: phill] #141615
05/07/08 03:40 AM
05/07/08 03:40 AM
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 976
France
pepin Offline
old hand
pepin  Offline
old hand

Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 976
France
Quote
Pepin,
From the link that you provided-


Quote
The 18HT is an open class of high performance catamaran carrying a mainsail and spinnaker and sailed by two persons.

Hu? Okay. I'm confused too then :S Is that one of those annoying classes that can be sailed both solo and duo?

Page 2 of 2 1 2

Moderated by  Damon Linkous, phill, Rolf_Nilsen 

Search

Who's Online Now
0 registered members (), 657 guests, and 87 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
Darryl, zorro, CraigJ, PaulEddo2, AUS180
8150 Registered Users
Top Posters(30 Days)
Forum Statistics
Forums26
Topics22,404
Posts267,055
Members8,150
Most Online2,167
Dec 19th, 2022
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.1