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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261264
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To add to what Jake said, that was a NAF-18 policy that was suggested by IF18CA. We (the NAF-18 volunteers) tried hard to keep that policy, but as Mark alludes, it was an on-line guessing game as to who was sailing what for big events...


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261272
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And it's all over!

1. Besson/Lagarrigue (Infusion)
2. Styles/Mason (Phantom)
3. Booth/Booth (Infusion)

Still waiting on full final results


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261279
07/12/13 12:27 PM
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Congrats to Taylor and Matt - Youth World Champs!


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261281
07/12/13 12:41 PM
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Congrats to Taylor and Matt, where are the provisional results?

Sounds like Mischa had some bad luck this week with the broken main halyard and the bfd. Shame but that is a ridiculously tough fleet!


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Jake] #261289
07/12/13 02:48 PM
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Ah Jake.... sucks to be old and remember the ancient history that young pups have no idea about. (grin)

If you are going to drop 15K (at that time) on a boat..) you absolutely were going to find out what boat was doing well and who was paying the drivers (or not). It never made sense to me to hide the info.


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261290
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Surprisingly Mark I'm not that young...I remember every F18 Nationals result NOT having boat names, Hobie winning a lot because they had paid drivers and a faster design. Didn't concern me at the time since I didn't have $15K for a brand new Tiger...which today looks like a bargain. Cost is definitely exceeding inflation.


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261311
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From the three Worlds I have been to this was probably the best one, certainly from a sailing point of view.
Most days we would start around 1pm in light air which would then build to about 15+ kts.

There was quite a lot of damage though, one Infusion hull was so badly damaged that the local fibreglass gurus didn't even bother.
The rest where mostly various nose jobs, daggerboard cases etc.
I think this location will be a hard one to match.

IMHO all the designs are quite equal overall and I don't think one specific design stands out performance wise.

Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Tony_F18] #261312
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Very cool

So, the F18 sailors are focused on Racing.... The class rules look like they stable and people behaved themselves within the rules.

Is there any buzz among the sailors that the next thing for them personally is a flying foiled catamran.... (the need for speed thing.... the next challenge... or a 5 year itch disease)

Or is the boat entertaining enough and what you really want is numbers on the line and good competition.

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This topic, Mark, is discussed at length every time non-F18 sailors get together. For the F18 people, it is a pretty short conversation - flying F18s are cool, but not a threat to the class. Toying with a foiling F18 is fun, but why try with a 400-pound boat?

F18 is healthy and sustainable with good competition among builders and sailors.


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261318
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Well said John. If I was in the market for something other than a Wave or Hobie 16 (I have very young kids I want to race with), the F18 would definitely be my choice.

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Does anyone have experience sailing at the 2014 venue, Bangor-Nothern Ireland?

I have been watching windguru and so far this month winds have been pretty terrible:
[Linked Image]

Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: coralreefer] #261527
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Originally Posted by coralreefer
Speaking of boats and rooting for the USA, is boat GER292 sailing a Falcon F18?

If so, i'm rooting for them to have a good result as well, as their on a "Made in the USA" boat.



Yes, it's Arne Gosche and Michael Walther from Kiel, Germany. I've heard that they hit a floating object with major damage to the boat - thus the unsatisfying result.


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Tony_F18] #261530
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Originally Posted by Tony_F18
Does anyone have experience sailing at the 2014 venue, Bangor-Nothern Ireland?

I have been watching windguru and so far this month winds have been pretty terrible:
[Linked Image]

I have sailed cats at Ballyholme many times in the past 20 years, usually good winds - great "Craic". Ireland has had a very uncharacteristic heatwave for the past month, with high pressure and light winds. Irish Sailing Clubs have very good reputation for organising memorable sailing events - on and off the course.


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261556
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USA Teams, lets start organizing a container for Ireland! Get with Taylor Reiss or Matthew Whitehead if you have any interest in going. If we can get a full container, the cost would be reasonable for all. Here is hoping for a good turn out of USA teams for 2014!

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The only problem with a container is that the Worlds are July 5-11, meaning we lose our boats for almost the entire summer season. It's a hard sell.


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Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: Reiss] #261558
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PM sent Reiss.

Jeff, I understand the excuse but it's a poor one. The real question is when do the boats get back from Ireland? If they return mid-August that works fine for me. July and August are notoriously hot, humid and lacking breeze in Annapolis. Ireland sounds much more pleasant.

We have good sailing April through early June and then September-November. So we would loose a month of training on the F18, which sucks but most everyone else is in that same situation. The question for us is do we do Catacup again if we're invited back or do we go to Ireland? First world problems...


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Minimally it would be 2 weeks on each end but I could easily see it Week to two for freight, roughly a week for clearing customs. We should probably give it 3 weeks on the lead end. That means we would miss three regattas including Hyannis. Yes Annapolis sucks but that is a month to a month and a half during our 5 month sailing season. And June and July are some of our prime sailing. I know by June I'm itching to do some warm sailing since May can be hit or miss.
Plus loading and unloading a container is at least one day off work each time, quite a bit of physical work, and a pain in the butt.
Rough guess is a container would be 6-9K each way? (f we get 5 teams that's still $2,400 a team right? Unless my guessing is totally off. I don't know if anyone has priced it out latley but last September to ship a container from CA to FL was around 8K but that was via truck which is quite a bit more expensive than sea freight.
I think what I'm getting at is I'd much rather charter but of course they have to be available!

Re: 2013 F18 Worlds [Re: wildtsail7] #261563
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Originally Posted by wildtsail7

I think what I'm getting at is I'd much rather charter but of course they have to be available!


With what you say, a charter makes perfect sense for those who don't want to "lose" their boats for the season. Do dealers have the ability to carry 4-5 boats each model year for charters in their region?

I would suspect dealers can't tie up that kind of capital, but I guess they could get residual value upon selling when they buy the new model year. And charter parties would know they're getting excellent boats rigged up right....? Might solve some of the insurance issues as well...

5 boats @ $20k USD/boat = $100k

5 charters per year x 5 boats x $2500 per charter = $62,500 annual

Maintenance, delivery & Expense ($3,000) x 5 boats = $15,000

Residual value ($12,500) x 5 boats = $62,500

So:

Revenue - expenses =

(Charter revenue + Residual value) - (Purchase + Maintenance)

($62,500 + $62,500) - ($100,000 + $15,000) = $10,000 net


I guess the next questions are:
- are there 5 "charter-worthy" events in that region
- is $2,500 USD a reasonable price-point for a charter (new, race-ready, delivered to the regatta site)

It all looks so easy on the inner-net...


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Originally Posted by samc99us
PM sent Reiss.

Jeff, I understand the excuse but it's a poor one. The real question is when do the boats get back from Ireland? If they return mid-August that works fine for me. July and August are notoriously hot, humid and lacking breeze in Annapolis. Ireland sounds much more pleasant.

We have good sailing April through early June and then September-November. So we would loose a month of training on the F18, which sucks but most everyone else is in that same situation. The question for us is do we do Catacup again if we're invited back or do we go to Ireland? First world problems...



I guess a lot depends where you are in the country. Assuming three weeks on either side of the event, that is most of June, all of July, and maybe part of August. That is the primary season for New England.

Now I am not completely opposed to the idea, especially after the amount of time I put in trying to find a charter for Italy. I certainly consider myself in the interested category, but to lose so much sailing the price needs to be right.


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FYI: Round Texel 2014 is just one week before the Worlds smile

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