http://f18.es/nigran2008/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=56


- Mischa Heemskerk 1st
- Cammas got a bullet.
- Macca 13th! For sure he can walk the talk in this forum....
- Booth is way down
- Infusions leads the way

except of course for the guy who is leading the event on a Tiger

Oooops
You´re right, thought Misha was on Infusion as I remembered him riding one in Aruba , didn´t check twice... sorry for that.


National letters: NED
Sail number: 007
Brand of boat: Hobie Tiger
Helsman Name: Mischa Heemskerk
Crew Name: Bastiaan Tentij

So to have accurate Info I think we have:

1 Heemskerk Tiger
2 Coen de Koning Infusion
3 Gunnar Larse Infusion
4 Greg Goodall Capricorn
5 Vaireux Tiger
6 Cammas Infusion
7 Gnosspelius Capricorn
8 Mourniac Tiger
9 Sascha Larsen Infusion
10 Wolf Capricorn
11 Bontemps Bimare X4
12 Morvan Cirrus
13 MacPherson Infusion
14 Sellier Diam
15 Landenberger Capricorn

With a mix like that you would have to say that in F18s at least design has nothing to do with results. Most F18 sailors have been saying this for years but its hard to convince people not in or new to the class.

About to say the same.
Almost every brand present there.

Greg Goodall gives me inspiration. If any of us can sail that well at his age you doing bloody well!

Imagine where he might be if he still had the body of a 20 year old.

Some F18 World Champs coverage on the groupama web site.
http://www.cammas-groupama.com

No doubt and a nice guy too.

Here's an interview with Cammas and his crew (in english):
http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=29266

In looking at the scores, there are 2 of each score. Did they split the fleet into an A and B, is there some sort of rotation, or am I just not reading the results right?

Two flights per race. I think there's 60 boats or so in each flight, so about 120 boats in the event. They'll make the cut into Gold and Silver fleets after tomorrow.

JC says "Hi everyone." It has been a light 6-8 knot event so far. Possibly up to about 12 knots for tomorrow. Jacques Bernier from Hobie Cat USA is crewing for Taylor Booth - they are in 11th after five races.

Update from Cammas at http://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/courses/f18_worlds_2008/news/actu_f18_worlds_04.jsp

Interesting that the official website actually has Greg Goodall at 21st......not 4th??

http://f18.es/nigran2008/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=56

He dropped a lot of places on the 2nd day, finishing 19th and 23rd.
Cammas is showing what a skilled sailor he is, good for him that the wind is light.
Interesting battle between Mischa and his former student Coen, looks like there's some very close racing going on there.

How old is Greg???

Cammas performance is quite impresive. Although he is being helped by light weather as he points. Over 12-15knots, more experienced F18 sailors will prevail as Cammas also report in his own site.

Greg is 54 years old and sailing with son Brett who is about to turn 24.

54?? nice, so the age range for competitive Tornado/F18 sailing is huge.
Santiago Lange is 46! And Hagara, Booth and else are somewhere mid 40s too

Looks like there will be 6 qualifying races before the split into a Gold and Silver fleet. Does anyone know if the scores from the qualifying races carry over into the finals, or do they start from scratch after the split?

"...The final races will start on the day following sixth race. On the day of sixth qualification race it will be possible to race other qualification races, an incomplete third round robin is no ground for redress under RRS 62. The score of all qualification races, except the one excluded will be valid" - - http://f18.es/nigran2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=28