Having just stumbled across this forum the other day, I am intrigued by the thinking behind F14. I have a Hobie Twixxy (Hobie Europe 14', rotomoulded hulls, twin trapeze and spinnaker) and have been playing this winter with putting a larger suit of mylar sails and a boom on it. Next step is 'better' rudders (the standard ones stall too easily) and possibly a bigger spinnaker. I think the boat will comply with the F14 rules as set out in this forum, but what is the official status of the F14? Can I put an F14 logo on the sail? What yardstick would I have to sail to? What sail number should the boat carry? Please forgive me if some or all of these questions have already been answered elswhere.....BTW is there a webpage for F14 or a set of FAQs?
Look forward to a response, Thanks.

I don't think we have any formalized thing going here. It seems just a bunch of folks with small boats that want to soup them up to about the same speed and at least be closer to the same handicap number, thus getting more boats to regattas and on the starting line.

Just re-read most of the early posts and you will see how it started and where it has gone.
Interest has ebbed a bit lately.
Rick

Just keep the sail area under 300 sq. ft. and you're pretty much class legal with your boat. You can put an F14 logo on your sail, and keep your current sail number.

Hi, all, This Saturday, 26th we raced the new Alpha Omega F14 in the Goolwa to Milang “classic” race here in South Australia, (the race starts at Goolwa which is at the mouth of the Murray river and sails up river to Lake Alexandrina then across the lake to the port of Milang, it is quite a “marathon” and, yes the Alpha F14 went about as well as we expected it to at this stage in its “testing” phase. Saturday was the first time that we had actually sailed it with the spinnaker, and the results were very favourable! We expect to improve its performance quite considerably when we have sailed it more, and come to grips with its “best points of sail” instead of sailing other boats races.
We have a VYC yardstick for the “standard” 4.3 Alpha which is 88, but we asked the race committee to use 84 as the rating for this race with “kite” – they actually thought that it may be penalising us a little too much, as it put us into division H which has all the 16’ cats (minus Taipan 4.9’s) as well as the lightweight, asymmetric spinnaker 20’ Yvonne’s.
The F14 is almost at the “commercial” stage now with only a little more racing to do to finish testing all the fittings, componentry, etc, and to race compare it to a few other classes on the same courses.
Below is a copy of some the official placing’s and times for the Goolwa – Milang race sailed on Saturday the 26/2/05.
Darryl J Barrett

Goolwa – Milang “Classic” 26/2/05 race results, over the line.

Division G Start Time 11:30:00 AM
Class Y/S Sail No Boat name Helm Finish Elapsed Pos

1 Arrow 91 1658 Celina Rumbelow 2:26:56 PM 02:56:56 1
2 Arrow 91 1656 Wade Kruger 2:27:36 PM 02:57:36 2
3 Arrow 91 1671 Harrison Cooper 2:28:44 PM 02:58:44 3
4 Hobie 14 turbo 88.5 30838 Lang maran Peter Langbrander 2:33:05 PM 03:03:05 4
5 Yvonne 20 Old 88 417 Skeeta 5 Kym Scott 2:37:15 PM 03:07:15 5
6 Windrush Sloop 90.5 4849 Tim Vangasteren 2:51:40 PM 03:21:40 6
7 Arrow 91 1466 Darcy Wood 2:54:31 PM 03:24:31 7
8 Maricat Sloop 92 3513 Skullduggery Mark Herriot 3:16:38 PM 03:46:38 8
9 Windrush S/S 87.5 2814 Vees Kitchen Tony Snape 3:20:00 PM 03:50:00 9

Division H Start Time 11:40:00 AM
Class Y/S Sail No Boat name Helm Finish Elapsed Pos

1 AO Formula 14 84 01 Zero One Antony Barrett 2:07:24 PM 02:27:24 1
2 Yvonne 20 Assy 86.5 531 Kinetic Paul Hawkins 2:08:54 PM 02:28:54 2
3 Hobie 16 81 104593 Bob Schahinger 2:20:50 PM 02:40:50 3
4 Mosquito Mk 2 84 1676 This Is Radio Clash Simon Barrow 2:30:56 PM 02:50:56 4
5 Mosquito Mk 1 84 177 Peter Nicholson 2:32:20 PM 02:52:20 5
6 Yvonne 20 Assy 86.5 533 Tullamore Dew Peter Michelmore 2:37:51 PM 02:57:51 6
7 Nacra 5.2 79 618 Nick Cuthbertson 2:43:12 PM 03:03:12 7
8 Hobie 16 81 96260 Kinsale regatta 2 John Ahern 2:46:10 PM 03:06:10 8
9 Mosquito Mk 2 84 1735 Childs Play Rick Tuohy 2:48:54 PM 03:08:54 9
10 Hobie 16 81 99861 Woofer Rob Woodward 2:50:55 PM 03:10:55 10
Impulse 118 442 Vern Richter DNC
Division I Start Time 11:50:00 AM
Class Y/S Sail No Boat name Helm Finish Elapsed Pos

1 Hobie Tiger 70 502 Glenn Ashby 2:36:45 PM 02:46:45 1
2 F18 70 666 Chris Dean 2:39:10 PM 02:49:10 2
3 Nacra 5.8 72 1527 Painter & docker Steven Kroon 2:39:50 PM 02:49:50 3
4 Taipan 5.7 67.5 225 Darren Peters 2:41:02 PM 02:51:02 4
Spinnaker
5 F18 70 191 N F 18 Robert Stewart 2:41:31 PM 02:51:31 5
6 Tornado 65 305 Marcus Towell 2:41:49 PM 02:51:49 6
7 Taipan 5.7 70 110 Mark Attwood 2:42:13 PM 02:52:13 7
8 Tornado 65 212 Sam Dodd 2:42:19 PM 02:52:19 8
9 F18 70 1463 Danny James 2:43:54 PM 02:53:54 9
10 Nacra 5.8 72 1635 Tim Hollingsworth 2:45:22 PM 02:55:22 10
11 A Class 71.5 860 Mr. Fats John Faturic 2:46:15 PM 02:56:15 11
12 Stingray Mk2 74.5 582 The Shadow Simon Porteous 2:46:25 PM 02:56:25 12
13 Stingray Mk2 74.5 585 Todd Lienert 2:46:39 PM 02:56:39 13
14 F18 70 17 Chris Boag 2:46:40 PM 02:56:40 14
15 Stingray Mk2 74.5 403 Blow me Tyson **** 2:50:20 PM 03:00:20 15
16 Hobie 18 78 7252 Takes Two David Overall 2:50:43 PM 03:00:43 16
17 Taipan 5.7 67.5 61 Mick Mcguire 2:51:15 PM 03:01:15 17
Spinnaker
18 Stingray Mk2 74.5 579 Ride The Lightning Luke Moran 2:51:27 PM 03:01:27 18
19 A Class 71.5 867 Nolas Daughter James Sage 2:52:24 PM 03:02:24 19
20 Stingray Mk2 74.5 576 Rex Gibbs 2:53:11 PM 03:03:11 20
20 Stingray Mk2 74.5 581 Michael Felix 2:53:11 PM 03:03:11 20
22 Nacra 5.8 72 1471 Brett Larwood 2:53:27 PM 03:03:27 22
23 Hobie 18 78 11273 Je Ne Sais Quoi Michael Fahy 2:56:23 PM 03:06:23 23
24 Taipan 4.9 Cat 76.5 052 Whistler Brian Clough 2:57:04 PM 03:07:04 24
25 Formula 20 72 2001 Discovery Bob Ritchie 3:08:57 PM 03:18:57 25
26 Stingray Mk2 74.5 451 Polly Pissy Pantz Shane Houston 3:13:40 PM 03:23:40 26
27 Nacra 5.8 72 1212 Peter Tarasenko 3:21:27 PM 03:31:27 27
Hobie Tiger 70 1332 Domino effect Nick Green DNF
Hobie 18 78 11436 Maximus Con Rollas DSQ

Thanks Sycho15,

What was the eventually agreed logo?

Whilst Australia and the US seem to have an active F14 class developing, the UK and Europe seem to be lagging behind. Unless someone knows otherwise?

Attached is the logo that was agreed upon for the F-14 Class Association that was formed here in the U.S.

Thanks Mary,

I'll get some made up.

John,

I've got the vector artwork for this logo that might save you some time. I would be glad to make them for you but the shipping alone to the U.K. would be prohibitively expensive. Send me a note to jakekohl[at]charter.net (replace the [at] with @) and I'll send you the vector artwork so a sign shop won't have to spend any design time to recreate it for you.

Thanks Jake, email on its way....