F18 Worlds in Long Beach

Pretty talented fleet here. F18 Registrations

1. Philippe Kahn
Mark Christensen
1197 F-18 Santa Cruz, CA USA USA
2. Pease Glaser
Jay Glaser
USA 90 F-18 Long Beach, CA USA USA
3. Alex Van Brunt
Shawn Hwang
USA 28 F-18 San Jose, California USA USA
4. Richard Vilvens
Daisy Eng
USA 5150 F-18 Eureka, Ca USA USA
5. David Stiemsma
colin caliban
129 F-18 Portage, Michigan USA USA
6. Karl Funk
Paul Andrepont
USA1273 F-18 Newport, RI USA USA
7. David Ingram
Mark Herendeen
USA 242 F-18 Clermont, Florida USA USA
8. Brooks Reed
Jeff Dusek
USA 753 F-18 Cambridge, MA USA USA
9. Blair Toland
Daniel "El Hombre" Hurwit
USA873 F-18 Somerville, MA USA USA
10. John Hoag
Todd Christensen
7007 F-18 Normandy Park, WA USA USA
11. Taylor Reiss
Matthew Whitehead
284 F-18 *, * USA USA
12. Chris Tuckfield

[Pending] USA217 F-18 Beverly Hills, Michigan USA USA
13. Michael Easton
Tripp Burd
1 F-18 Lexington, MA USA USA
14. Michael Butler
Erwin Lucardie
USA 777 F-18 Fort Bragg, CA USA USA
15. Charles Froeb
Jim Johnstone
288 F-18 Tiburon, CA USA USA
16. Jasper Van Vliet
Peter Shumar
1077 F-18 Mill Valley, CA USA USA
17. Bob Merrick
Tyler Burd
281 F-18 Branford, Connecticut USA USA
18. Phillip Meredith
Bill Tieman
207 F-18 Palo Alto, CA USA USA
19. Jason Moore
Jake Sailer
356 F-18 Clovis, CA USA USA
20. Bill Westland
Alex Westland
84 F-18 huntington beach, california USA USA
21. John Bauldry
Giselle Vaziri
USA194 F-18 Commerce Township, Michigan USA USA
22. Kelly Krueger
Dan Krueger
91193 F-18 omaha, ne USA USA
23. Todd Riccardi
Brendon Scanlon
USA215 F-18 Quincy, MA USA USA
24. Gabriel Berberian
Leo culotta
163 F-18 Capital federal, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
25. Karl Langefeld
Beth Langefeld
TBD1 F-18 St Petersburg, fl USA USA
26. John Tomko
Ian Billings
USA 308 F-18 Canyon Lake, TX USA USA
27. Steve Piche
Juke Ball
283 F-18 Austin, Texas USA USA
28. Marcelo Cisternas

[Pending] 12654 F-18 Santiago, RM CHI CHI
29. Ian Sammis
Paulo Gabella
222 F-18 long beach, ca USA USA
30. Ben Colwell
Luke Summers
USA 750 F-18 Camano Island, Wa USA USA
31. Ed Feo
Dave Millett
1601 F-18 Long Beach, CA USA USA
32. Ken Marshack
Eric Marshack
USA 192 F-18 Ridgefield, WA USA USA
33. Dan DeLave
Eileen Haubl
1467 F-18 Long Beach, CA USA USA
34. Sandra Tartaglino
Chris Titcomb
1563 F-18 Tiverton, RI USA USA
35. John Casey
Dalton Tebo
USA756 F-18 Longwood, Florida USA USA
36. Robbie Daniel
Hunter Stunzi
USA F-18 Clearwater, Florida USA USA
37. Anthony Boueilh
Maxime Picard
Can 1012 F-18 Quebec, Quebec CAN CAN
38. Ulrich Gollwitzer
Ela Sliwerska
GER 623 F-18 Michigan, MI USA USA
39. Jeff Collins

[Pending] 212 F-18 La Jolla, CA USA USA
40. Oscar Zeekant
Karel Begemann
NED2 F-18 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland NED NED
41. Christophe Gauchin
Dorothée Lazzarotto
FRA 916 F-18 Péronne, picardie FRA FRA
42. Guy Selsmeyer
JJ JohnsonJJJ
1471 F-18 Little Suamico, WI USA USA
43. Brian Hunt
Seamus Woodward-George
CAN 92 F-18 Vancouver, BC CAN CAN
44. Clay Selsmeyer
Alex Selsmeyer
1028 F-18 Little Suamico, WI USA USA
45. Ian Rodger

[Pending] ARG 666 F-18 San Isidro, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
46. Juan Faustin
Lucas Gonzalez Smith
44 F-18 La Plata - Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
47. Froukje Feenstra
Mischa de Munck
NED 1910 F-18 IJlst, Friesland NED NED
48. BACKES OLIVIER
VANDAME MATTHIEU
FRA36 F-18 MARSEILLE, FRANCE FRA FRA
49. Ingrid Bakker
Hugo Gommers
NED 013 F-18 utrecht, Nederland NED NED
50. Lisa Reid
Nate Reid
1084 F-18 Burlington, Ontario CAN CAN
51. Juan Pablo Sucic
Esteban Luis Daneri
1618 F-18 La Plata, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
52. Martin Vanzulli
Gustavo Rizzi
ARG001 F-18 San Isidro, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
53. Cruz Gonzalez Smith
Mariano Heuser
1643 F-18 Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
54. GUSTAVO OSUNA

[Pending] 1238 F-18 Ciudad de Bs As, Ciudad de Bs As ARG ARG
55. Michael Krantz

[Pending] 9999 F-18 Flowery Branch, ga USA USA
56. christian vilate
juan cruz benitez
1569 F-18 buenos aires, buenos aires ARG ARG
57. sergio armesto
santiago Rigoni
ARG 300 F-18 buenos aires, capital federal ARG ARG
58. Esteban Luciano Blando
Nicolas Aragones
ARG 2016 F-18 Rosario, SantaFe ARG ARG
59. Michael Broise
Miranda Powrie
TBC F-18 kensington, VIC AUS AUS
60. Sergio Mehl
Juan Martin Benitez
ARG 21 F-18 Acasusso, Buenos Aires ARG ARG
61. drew carlyle
James Wierzbowski
918 F-18 bendigo, vic AUS AUS
62. Jason Waterhouse
Brett Goodall
AUS F-18 Newport, NSW AUS AUS
63. Mario Mandujano
Pablo Gallyas
1111 F-18 Santiago, Las Condes CHI CHI
64. Tim Shuwalow
Thomas Ekefalk
SWE 76 F-18 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden SWE SWE
65. Nicolas Kovacevic
Lukas Kovacevic
1041 F-18 santiago, region metropolitana CHI CHI
66. Enrique Figueroa

[Pending] PUR1 F-18 San Juan, puerto Rico PUR PUR
67. Humberto del Rio
Claudio Martinez
1132 F-18 Santiago, Santiago CHI CHI
68. JORGE GONZALEZ
GERMAN GONZALEZ
1890 F-18 SANTIAGO, REGION METROPOLITANA CHI CHI
69. scott miller
hailey miller
1035 F-18 ramona, ca USA USA
70. Rod Waterhouse
Chris Way
AUS3 F-18 Newport, NSW AUS AUS
71. Wes Wilcox
Jenna Wilcox
246 F-18 Sun Prairie, WI USA USA
72. Jolbert Van Dijk
Niels Kleijweg
NED 1978 F-18 Lelystad, Netherlands NED NED
73. Dan Borg
Christopher Molder
Can18 F-18 MISSISSAUGA, Ontario CAN CAN
74. Gunnar Larsen
Gerhard van Geest
NED1933 F-18 Den Haag, ZH NED NED
75. Darren Bundock
Jeroen van Leeuwen
AUS 888 F-18 Berkeley Vale, NSW AUS AUS
76. Carolijn Brouwer
Wouter Samama
BEL888 F-18 Den Haag, Zuid Holland NED NED
77. Jorden Veenman
Frank de Waard
NED 2010 F-18 rotterdam, South Holland NED NED
78. Jeffrey Newsome
eric raybon
USA 13 F-18 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA USA USA
79. Sarah Newberry
Maxime Hainneville
TBD F-18 Miami, Florida USA USA
80. Pierre Le Clainche
Antoine Joubert
136 F-18 BADEN, Bretagne France FRA FRA
81. Mike Drummond
Finn Drummond
NZL F-18 Devonport, Auckland NZL NZL
82. Nicolas Dubé
Vincent Gagne
CAN100 F-18 Saint-Ferréol-Les-Neiges, QC CAN CAN
83. Steve Rosenberg
Jacob Rosenberg
USA 23 F-18 Long Beach, CA USA USA
84. Dennis Key
John Williams
1610 F-18 San Diego, California USA USA
85. Coen De Koning
Thijs Visser
NED3 F-18 Hoorn, Noord Holland NED NED
86. louis-philippe ethier
Maxime Loiselle
can 769 F-18 quebec, QC CAN CAN
87. Willem Geijssen

[Pending] ned11 F-18 Almere, Flevoland NED NED
88. Mischa Heemskerk
bastiaan tentij
NED007 F-18 Oude Wetering, Zuid Holland NED NED
89. VITTORIO BISSARO
CARLO DE PAOLI
ITA 13 F-18 TOULON CEDEX 9, VAR ITA ITA
90. hugh styles
Alain Sign
GBR 7 F-18 weymouth, Dorset GBR GBR
91. Ben Brown
Nate Brown
2491 F-18 *, * USA USA
92. Stephen Stroebel
Matt Morris
357 F-18 San Diego, CA USA USA
93. Annie Gardner
Eric Witte
2222 F-18 San Diego, CA USA USA
94. Chris Prentice
Craig Guthrie
CAN 307 F-18 Dartmouth, NS CAN CAN
95. James Baeckler
Guidho Longhi
FRA121 F-18 HYERES, VAR FRA FRA
96. E.J. Foss
Dane Buk
ITA 77 F-18 Ala, Trento ITA ITA
97. Mark Jones
Ingrid Gutzmann
2587 F-18 North Vancouver, BC CAN CAN
98. Charles Hainneville
Fanouillère David
FRA 33 F-18 Sainte adresse, France FRA FRA
99. Kurt Korte
Chris Kennedy
1544 F-18 Roscoe, IL USA USA
100. billy besson
jeremie laguarrigue
FRA5 F-18 erdeven, bretagne FRA FRA
101. Rob Jerry

[Pending] 332 F-18 Manlius, NY USA USA
102. Joe Bouchier

[Pending] 81 F-18 Casper, WY USA USA
103. Musab Al Hadi
Ahmed Al Balushi
TBC F-18 Muscat, Muscat OMA OMA
104. BOULOGNE Emmanuel
MOREAU Frederic
FRA901 F-18 Oye-plage, Nord-Pas de Calais FRA FRA
105. Bontemps Gurvan
Amiot Benjamin
FRA 004 F-18 Larmor Baden, Bretagne FRA FRA
106. Olivier Pilon
Alberto Torné
443 F-18 Clarenceville, Québec CAN CAN
107. Christopher Slocum
Colin Slocum
1621 F-18 Topanga, CA USA USA
108. Greg Thomas
Jacques Bernier
414 F-18 Temecula, CA USA USA
109. Joseph Bello
Tyler Holmes
? F-18 *, * USA USA
110. Matt Struble
Damon LaCasella
USA 24 F-18 San Diego, CA USA USA
111. Greg Goodall
Christa van Helden
AUS295 F-18 Bendigo, Victoria AUS AUS
112. Brett Bingham
Robert Jennings
1538 F-18 Ogden, Ut USA USA
113. jean-Francois Lédée
Vincent Jordil
1415 F-18 St Barthélemy, St Barthélemy FRA FRA
114. Andrew Macpherson
Shannen Marck
AUS300 F-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands NED NED
115. Laurent Lenne
Olivier Witteveen
NED32 F-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands NED NED
116. Benoit Sonrel
Kelly Thompson
2554 F-18 Vancouver, BC CAN CAN
117. Steve Myrter
Roger Jenkins
1543 F-18 Long Beach, CA USA USA

Good Luck to all. Sail fast, Sail clean.

Any word on gps tracking?

http://www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=1d6bd304-9234-4b82-bc8b-c51f269aea0f

Thanks. Hopefully by the time they get going there will be some way to associate the kattack numbering with the teams. At the moment it looks like their numbering system is different from the competitor list at regattanetwork.

That's the way it's been in the past also, makes it almost unusable without a cheat sheet.

What would you guys suggest?

They probably use the bow numbers. Should they try something else like the sailors' initials? Is there a better idea?

I'm actually serious about this question. You raise a great point, in this age we need to be as spectator-friendly as possible. It's great that this tool is available and being used, how can we use it better?

Don't just point out problems, propose workable solutions...

Mike

"...cheat sheet."

I'd say 1st)team name (which is usually the boat name. This would be good for sponsors also.), 2nd) skippers last name, 3rd choice would be sail numbers. The big boat races I do, that use Kattack, put boat names on them so it can be done.
Maybe they will do that, I hope so, because the last time I watched, somebody was kind enough to post a cross reference sheet with the Hull numbers to names and it was still a p.i.a. to constantly look through the sheets to see who the "new" boat was that made a move.

It doesn't really matter all that much what identifiers they use as long as they're unique and there is a way to associate them with specific teams. You have the freedom in kattack to annotate however you want - at least in the post-race scenario we've used here. I presume it's the same when setting up the live feed. Skipper's name works fine.

Agreed - last year (NA's) I had a hand written list that correlated names and numbers that I was interested in, but it was awful to try and figure out what was actually happening. Skipper's names would be nice to have on the list. Being able high-lite boats in the live player would be nice too. If I could go down the entry form and put a checkmark on boats I wanted to keep special track of and have them appear more bold or less transparent would be awesome. I remember having the ability to show certain teams but you loose visibility on the any boat that's not checked...which really limits the story you get from the live data. I really want to see the whole fleet while being able to make out where my buddies are or highlight the "contenders" and watch their tactics at the start in the entire fleet.

While I'm dreaming, the ability to save different highlighted teams might be nice or perhaps one "view" that automatically highlights the provisional top 15 teams as per the previous day's overall standings.

anyone figure out how to correlate boat numbers with the Kattack player?

Same question.
Good luck to the Pacific Northwest Teams:
7007 Hoag
750 Colwell
192 Marshack
92 Hunt
327 Jones
2554 Benoit

Looks like they are updating to actual sail numbers.

Does anyone have a sail number for Robbie Daniel?

looks like a race is underway but that the signals are dropping off as they get further offshore....

No sail #s for Robbie, Karl the 1st, and Sarah N.(she may be 1610 but that's listed for Jdub) either.

I feel like the "Irish commentator" for the Olympics must have felt. They're starting, no they're finishing, no they're sailing around in circles.
Be nice to know who's in what fleets.

All I've figured out is it looked like Bundock won one and Ned2 or Oscar Zeekant won one. I quit watching it was just too confusing. I'll just check the results. Looks like pretty light air. I'd guess 6-8knots.

Facebook had something about Sarah Newberry winning one, but may have been yesterday or bad info, who knows.

Sail Flow predicted light to medium for all days. Not sure how accurate it is there.

Mike

I hope for their sake that forecast is wrong. The pics up until yesterday looked like really nice breeze.
Globaltech facebook page has very good updates. One of the Oman team is on the way to the hospital after slicing his hand on a broken tiller extension .
Kattack should definitely go with names. A bunch of the sail numbers are incomplete or wrong, but it seems they're trying to solve the problems. They are responsive to questions on facebook. It's alot to sort out just to make us, non-racers, happy. Kudos to them.

Early it was light to moderate. The last race filled in to about 10 - 12. already some broken boats and black flags.

Results

Kattack Race Replays

I'm not Facebook so I can't ask them directly, but what about all boats a light gray color & no "tag", and if you select a boat to pay attention to, it is given a color and a "tag" (sail # or skipper name). That might make it easier to track your interests, while still seeing how they are doing amidst the rest of the fleet?

Pretty good little player. Can I add wind strength/direction overlay or would that be way too data intensive?

The tracker is up but it looks that it is working worse than yesterday.

Ding, you're 242, right? Why can't I find your boat on the list? What fleet color?

black probably.

I think Jeremy's twitter feed is the best real-time info we've got right now... http://twitter.com/SailRevolution

fleets change daily and we don't get the till the morning.
Wind was on today and there is some carnage. I'm tired later.

I'm so beat. Sorry I haven't updated here.

Real quickly:
Live broadcast tomorrow 10:30am Pacific for our shout out show. We'll call sail numbers and shout your support and heckles from the race deck to the racers. Text only, please (831) 475-7245 or on the FB Page.

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Our daily Zhik Reports will go up on the Surf City Racing YouTube channel late every night.

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Photos here.






What an epic time!

Permission to sleep...for a week.

Updated Results

Go Taylor and Matthew! Top Stars and Stripes team!

I'll get 'em today, Karl! Thanks for the reminder.

Yesterday was three more races, first one in about 8 knots, but it quickly built over the next two races to 15-18. We had a tough day but managed to hold on to a spot in the gold fleet. Qualifying races are done, so the next three days will be raced in gold and silver fleets.

Congrats to the 20 US teams that made the gold fleet.... It's a tough crowd!

So nice to see that they got some great conditions.

Live now.

Text: 831.475.7245


http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sail-revolution-live-from-the-race-deck

Video is very choppy, or is it just me?

choppy. text in.

We had bad internet connect. We'll try tomorrow.

Any chatter around the club about what's going on with the kattack tracking? It's clearly not performing as well as we saw from Hyannis last year. I tuned in again today to see if it was better, but really can't even tell for sure that boats are racing.

snap. right in da nutz

No blacks for me. When the crew trap broke and we left the course they stopped tracking us.

I did tell Mark today that we were going home with at least one black flag. Starting in silver is significantly easier.

[video:youtube]http://youtu.be/lodO7rGoNzc[/video]

I wondered what happened to you guys...sorry about that!

Results 9-13-2012 Gold & Silver Fleets

So I'll start the fray. So since I'm not there what are the top dogs rides? Which Manufacturer is shining the brightest.

Now where is the popcorn?

Breakdown of the top 10:
1st - Phantom
2nd - Nacra Infusion mk2
3rd - Cirrus-R
4th - AHPC C2
5th - AHPC C2
6th - Nacra Infusion mk2
7th - Cirrus-R
8th - Nacra Infusion mk2
9th - AHPC C2
10th - AHPC C2

So thats 1 Phantom, 2 Cirrus-R's, 4 C2's, and 3 Nacra Infusion mk2s.

About 75% of the top 10 cats are white though, they must be faster

Currently in the top 10:

Backes- Phantom
Besson- Infusion MKII
Heemskerk- Cirrus R
Bundock- C2
Zeekant- C2
Larsen- Infusion MKII
Boulogne- Cirrus R (?)
De Koning- Infusion MKII
Waterhouse- C2
Brouwer- C2

I would say the box rule is working pretty darn well. I believe the top Wildcat is Bissaro in 20th, and the top Infusion MKI is Struble in 24th.

Tony beat me to it, but Backes is on a Phantom, not a Cirrus

I was going back to correct it and found you already had
And Boulonge is definitely Cirrus though (he's the founder/owner of the company!).

Looks like the US is back out of the top ten. Not shocking, and yet I was hopeful.

Looks like JC & Dalton are moving up.

Karl and Beth, keep it up!!!

How does this actually work? The actual event is only three days right? The first six are qualifying to sort the wheat from the chaff right?

Where is the first Wildcat then? I thought it would have been Zeecat- but he has jumped ship.
This is a reflection of the support given by Hobie to their sailors.

What? Just because they're not paying one of the hotshots to drive their platform doesn't mean they aren't there with "support".

Ask John Bauldry what kind of support he got when his rig was totalled in a pitchpole/collision. He's sailing again today.

Good vid. of John from Jeremy.Impressive fast repair.

Good point... Support is quite different from Marketing. As a class member... I would be much more interested in support.... the marketing does me no good!

I don't KNOW who is at the worlds, racing a boat as part of a marketing effort of a builder.... The last worlds ID'd the boats in the scoresheets but you did not know who was there for a builder.

At this stage of the class.... are there significant do many people believe there are differences between the platforms, rigs and sails in the F18s?

Does this kind of marketing by rock star work on the rank and file F18 sailor? or have those days passed and now you are buying dealer support, build quality and other stuff.

My guess is that the DNA platform will be the dominant platform in the A class worlds.... Again... I have no idea who is getting factory support (if at all)

I don't think anyone can bring enough spares. I think the AHPC group had three or four masts, but that can go pretty quickly. Same with anything else, boards, spinpoles, rudders/castings, sails. Rough nasty conditions + 100 boats and there can be a shitload of broken parts in a hurry.

How many boats are sailing without long boards? Are they needed in this breeze?

On the C2 you're pulling them up shortly after hopping on the wire two up.

No -

"20.5 Except for race scores excluded under instruction 20.6, a boat’s series score for the regatta will be the
total of her race scores from those qualifying races completed by all fleets and her final races."

20.6 is just the discard rule

If the tweet is correct . . .
Aus 325(Waterhouse) and Aus 888(Bundock) black flag race 12 gold fleet.
Bundock was going into today's races in 4th. Ouch. FYI, there are two sail #'s 888.

Yes though with 12 races they now have 2 throw-outs, so impact may be a little less dire.

It said later Bundy went to the beach after the BFD, so it was him.

The Race for the top USA finisher has become rather newsworthy in itself. Ya gotta pull for the kids in this one. Matthew and Taylor have earned their keep. Go Red Gear Yacht Club!!!

One of the best stories of the event! If you have contact with them, tell 'em it's interview time tomorrow am!

Results going into the last day of racing

Congratulations to Mike and Tripp for taking a second in yesterday's only race, and finishing top ten in the world. That is a huge accomplishment for a US boat!

Also, huge congrats to Taylor and Matt who won the F18 Youth World Title and finished 12th overall.

Robbie was the top Master in 17th overall.

It was a great event, even though we didn't finish as well as we would have liked on 753. We accomplished our goal of making the gold fleet at our first worlds, but definitely suffered a lack of upwind speed when the breeze was on. The European teams are still much better than the North Americans in breezy conditions, but we are improving!

We'll be going through footage and pics for the next month!

Funny that you mentioned him, I would say his performance has gone up considerably since switching to the C2 (2nd place!).

First Wildcat was 19th- the Italians that were third at Balaton last year. I have not sailed a Wildcat, but I personally would not have wanted to be on one in the conditions we were racing- windy with big, steep chop.

Destroyed a main sail and a shoulder. Also lost my Wifi on my laptop. Finally home and looking to recover so I can sail again. Had fun learned a lot and other than the wipeout on day 3 it was all good.

Okay, esteemed sailors, how much did that regatta cost you personally? Excluding boat damage which could happen at any regatta...

For the regatta itself, not too bad. The flight from Boston was around $250 roundtrip to Long Beach, shared a house with another team which saved a lot, and I felt the club did a good job with providing food on several nights. Boat transportation was one of the main costs, but Chris Prentice made it as affordable and painless as possible.

Boat preparation adds a lot, but we felt it was worth it to have the boat in top shape for the worlds.

Overall, I though it was a very reasonable regatta to attend- the entry fee was super cheap for everything that was included (thanks Globaltech).

Around 4K excluding sails and incidentals at the event. All told probably close to 7K, the bills are still coming in.

But how much of that was rum?

I don't want to talk about it. Day 1 of detox is going well thank you for asking.

Those sideways pictures were a big clue for the rest of us.

Jeff you might also want to thank Mike at Zhik as he matched Globaltech's funds with shirts and money. He also provided the van and trailer to ship 5 boats out and bring 7 boats back so some of us could fly in and out. Thanks Mike

Speaking of GLOBALTECH, the President and CEO, Tarek would like to hear from you. If you enjoyed our coverage, drop him a note with Surf City Racing in the subject line. Mention Jeremy and Jasper somewhere in the email.

Also, next time you see Mike Krants, tell him thanks. He and Zhik are solely responsible for getting me there. JDub put me up (and put up with me)! It was a massive team effort.

I'd appreciate it.

telsharhawy@globaltech.com

not a valid e mail

Thanks Jeremy for the coverage you have a real talent and thanks John for putting us up at your house you are a great host. My wife did tell me to lock my door after seeing the photo of John on the couch and I was a little scared after seeing it. Oh and thanks JC for the cooking that man can make some great food.

Great to hang out with you. I was a little antisocial, I wanted to focus on getting the word out. I bought an 18 pack and had two beers out of it the entire week! Crazy!

JC saved my life by cooking me an egg for breakfast, and Sarah by making me a piece of toast. The little things count big!

Absolutely, my apologies! Thanks Zhik, Kaenon, Hobie, Nacra, and any other sponsor I missed!

2012 GLOBALTECH Formula 18 World Championships

Daisy and I loaded up the dogs, boat, and the truck for the trip to Long Beach California early Friday morning. We left Eureka and in Fortuna we stopped for breakfast about 20 minutes in to the trip saw everyone set to travel. I was counting on about 13 hours of driving but like a lot on this trip I was in for a surprise. Two hours later we were stopping for fuel and a dog walk in Willits, Ca. after 134 miles. We used up the Safeway $0.50 fuel discount and got back on the road. We proceeded to make the downhill run to Hwy 20 and headed East, to avoid Bay Area traffic. After driving past several fire areas causing us to slow considerably we came out into clearer area to hit I-5 and make some time South.
Pleased to see clear traffic lanes we made our way to Woodland for some late lunch. We then continued south to Sacramento where there was some traffic but we still were making decent time rarely going below 50 Mph. Just south of Sacramento traffic began to open up and I tucked in behind a 18 wheeler and rolled south at about 60 Mph. We stayed behind the same truck till we got to Lost Hills, Ca. and after 400 miles we stopped to fill the fuel and empty our bladders. It was getting late but there were miles to go and we proceeded on.
Driving at night the traffic was very light and we covered the last 166 miles to get to Long Beach, Ca. at about 2:30 am. We proceeded to Alamitos Bay Yacht Club where we put the boat into the parking lot and went to our Hotel. At our Hotel they were full for the night and we couldn’t check in early. We grabbed a bite to eat at the local diner and drove back to ABYC. We drove into the parking lot and just crawled into the back for a nap. 16 hours on the road and, after a couple hours sleep there was commotion in the lot and I got up to see what was going on. A quick Bathroom trip and then looking at some of the new boats on the lawn and I saw some familiar faces driving in. Jasper and Peter drove in and after getting them the sails they had chartered we talked about going for some breakfast. We went for croissants and donuts with some coffee and went back to begin the process of check-in.
Saturday we got the boat off the trailer and got all the pieces and parts ready to be measured. Having never had the platform certified it was a long process and took most of Saturday to get done. There were several volunteers doing this instead of tuning and sailing their own boats. This meant getting the whole sail boat weighed then removing everything and having the bare platform weighed. We then had to have the individual pieces weighed and recorded. After the Daggers, rudders, poles and sails were stamped I then had to take my sails to the measurement pile. It was late in the day so we stood the mast and got the boat ready other than the sails. We found a nice spot on the grass and made our way to our Hotel for the night. Sunday we got in to the sail measurement area and saw a pile of sails to be measured in. The measurement team was working hard to get the sails done, again being all volunteers giving up time to help others. Daisy and I helped out for a while and after the pile of sails was done we took our sails and put them on the boat. Now that the boat was all legal we went to registration and filled out all the paperwork. We got all the paperwork done and put the boat in the water and sailed over to the beach. We decided to call it a day and went to walk the dogs at the park.
Monday we got the boat together and put the sails up. After some adjustment to the dagger pockets we went out for the practice races. After several tacks down the channel we were in the Pacific and ready to start the practice races. Our boards were still shifting in the pockets as we were on the long tack out to the course so as we met the fleet at the start area we decided to turn back and fix the problem. The winds were light and shifty so we weren’t missing much and wanted the boat in optimal shape for the morning. We hit the beach and changed the boards to a stock set and took the extra padding out of the wells. All was set and we were prepared to begin racing. We went in for the dinner and opening ceremony. Food and beverages were on the patio at ABYC and everyone settled in to hear from our hosts and sponsors. A good time was had and then it was off for some sleep.
Tuesday morning saw a warm calm condition in the area. We made our way to the race area and the wind was light and shifty. The race committee got three races in and we struggled in the light conditions. With the 4 fleet set up we got to race against everyone in the qualifier. Our scores were 56, 53 , 53 which had us back in 106th place. Not a great result but we were not dead last so we sailed on and worked to do better and learn from the poor results. After racing we went back to the Yacht Club for a sponsored dinner and drinks. There was an event every night after racing and the yacht club was a wonderful in making sure everyone was taken happy and relaxed.
Wednesday morning there was a nice fog bank on the water and that meant there would be wind. Daisy and I geared up and made the push off to get to the course. With the wind up it was a quick trip to the race area. Winds were about 12 to 13 and gusting a bit higher but very manageable. Daisy and I began to find our groove and we managed to complete all 3 races in the building breeze. The first race we missed the set-up but began improving from there. A 57th place finish was followed by a 53rd then a 46th place leaving us in 110th place over all but feeling good about doing better as the day went on. We left after racing and a shower to go have dinner with friends.
Thursday morning there was a call for more wind and bigger seas. The fleet was split into Gold and Silver fleet already so we were set to race for the best of the rest. Daisy and I got the boat rigged and made our way out. It was obvious there was going to be more wind and waves. Race one we did well and got a 36th place finish. The big waves were knocking us hard and I lost my footing a few times but we kept the boat going. Several boats were already on the beach so we knew if we kept sailing our positions would keep improving. The third race we were really driving hard. We had every setting perfect and the boat was really going upwind well. We completed the upwind, downwind, upwind , reach and turned down for the bottom gate. The wind was at about 14-15 and gusting to 18-19 knots, with 4 to 5 foot waves and a few rollers at 6 to 7 feet. We were doing about 16 knots downwind when we got into a gust line. We managed to save the boat 2 times but the third time the waves turned the boat sideways. We were in 46th place after missing the last 2 races in the day. We were in 25th place when we flipped so we were doing good but that’s life.
The boat immediately flipped sending Daisy through the main.
In the water Daisy got separated and the boat and I drifted off. I managed to call the race committee safety boat and got our boat righted. The boat flipped right back over on me and then this happened again. I decided to wait for the safety boat and they helped me get the boat back upright after picking up Daisy from the ocean. She was about ¼ mile away when they got to her. We tried to transfer her back to our boat but missed twice and then I began to sail back with her on the safety boat. She was transferred to a different boat and then to our boat just inside the channel to the bay. We got the boat back to the beach and started to access the damage. The main sail was damaged and my shoulder was in serious pain. Team Trapout helped me get my boat up the beach and the sails down, Thanks guys you were a big help.
We got cleaned up and talked to the Glasers about repairing the sail. They agreed to fix the sail and I washed it off and laid it out to dry. After another wonderful meal we went chatted with our friends and decided to call it a night. We stopped by the park to walk the dogs and have a relaxing evening. With my shoulder out of socket and in a lot of pain we went back to the hotel with some icepacks and a sling to help me get through the night.
Friday morning I again filled my icepack and put my arm in the sling. We went to ABYC and I informed race committee we were not going to be on the race area for the day. Daisy was asked to again look at some injured people and she did as she had all week long. With me being too torn up to sail anymore we decided to take the boat down and get ready to leave. Mark Jones helped Daisy and I take the mast down and get it to the trailer lot. We got the boat disassembled and ready to go on the trailer. Hugh Styles and Alain Sign from team GBR 7 helped me put the boat on the trailer. Daisy and I then finalized the tie down and covers and we took it easy the rest of the day. We had a nice meal and then went back to the hotel for the night.
Saturday morning we went back to ABYC and said our goodbyes to our friends. We wished everyone well and got on the road. Daisy and I learned a lot and had fun while it lasted. We ended up in 52nd in silver fleet after missing the last six races. Hopefully my shoulder will be back to normal soon and we will be back using what we learned. Thanks to GLOBALTECH, ABYC, ZHIK, HOBIE, NACRA, KAENON, SAIL REVOLUTION, and all that made this a wonderful event.

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