F16 National Championship Regatta

The 2010 F16 National Championship Regatta will be held April 9-11 at Gulfport Yacht Club and will run concurrently with their Spring regatta which is open to all catamarans.

This will be a three day nine race format and will require at least ONE crew member to be an active member of the U.S. F16 class association.

The spring regatta is now called the F16 National Champs? Is there a NOR posted anywhere?

IMO that gives out bad information, should have kept the title used last year and just sub title it the F16 champs.

You're on the F16 forum, amigo. The information here is for F16 sailors.

I'm not sure what the title is but it seems everyone is welcome. The F16 Championships will run concurrently.

Where are you? Haiti? We missed you last night, lots of good food.

No NOR yet, I'll try to get it posted by the end of the week.

I'll be there.

Is the F16 3 days, and the regular regatta 2 days?

I meant to give someone money for my class membership, but forgot. Who do I send money too, or will I be able to do that down there?

I'm not really sure. I'd imagine all boats will have three days. I pointed out to the board that a number of regattas are three days and that the format is very popular.

I'll get you the website for membership.

Oh my bad. Sorry im not a F16 sailor anymore. Thanks for the warm and fuzzy.

Specially coming from you.

I am referring to the title of the regatta and its a concern seeing how im a pretty active sailor at that club. So it was just a question, but seeing how im not a F16 sailor or class member I cant ask questions here.

Of course you can ask questions. The point is, this is where F16 sailors would come looking for information. The F16 Nationals only became part of the regatta last evening. Nothing has changed for A class, F18 and portsmouth. Unless you guys want to sail on Friday.

With your initial response that is not how u came across.

I've added the event to the calender on the F16 website.

Thanks.

one should never assume anything.

Robi, what does the GYC call that regatta? It used to be called the F16/A cat thingydoo, or some-such. We are certainly not trying to take over the world, just looking for a good place to hold a Nationals, and GYC is a great club with all the support staff and experience to do that.

So what would you have us call the regatta so we don't offend anyone?

GYC Multihull Regatta and F16 Nationals.

The registration link is up on Gilligan's site.
Registration

Please note on the registration page there are some fields for the race fee and meals that are not updated correctly yet.

The NOR will be posted shortly and we will change the registration page appropriately then.

Carry on

Thanks Matt.

Would the Nationals have the option of averaging one day like the Spring Fever format?

Reading the initial post I was under the impression that the regatta was strictly an F16 regatta now.

No. At least not for the F16s. Other classes, I don't know.

Robi,

Did you stop taking your meds? The opening post says very distictly that it is run in conjuction with the GYC Spring regatta, which is open to all cats.

Move on - Let's start talking about combining all the starts, at least we want Ding on ours.

No combined starts, not for Nationals. We're trying to increase the degree of rigor within the class.

Captain Bohan will be very happy to explain the rationale.

I'll take Ding in our start, just as soon as I retrofit the Roo bars to the front of my boat!

I say we allow the Portsmouth High fleet to start with us...that way maybe I can feel fast coming off the line!

Well, Matt does have a Blade at his shop. You think he'd loan it to Ding?

I'll do it if Matt comes to Spring Fever and sails an F18.

There are only two regatta's I generally want a separate start and you (Matt) don't go to the other one.

Combined or separate starts I'll happily and quietly be there and my rum is your rum.

Ding

Timbo, this is the second post you've mentioned me by name (yes I vist the other forum too... it was an accident) and I don't think I've seen you since Tradewinds 09, was it something I said? If it's because you have to mow your own lawn and put the wife in a better mood, that's not my fault. As soon as you get cleared to go back to work I'll take care of it.

Ding

I was just having fun with my favorite F18 guy! You know I love you and I know you can take a joke. But some can't so I pick on you.

So when are you going to man up and go F16 Uni against me, Terry and Pete? Anyone can drive an F18, we all know it's the crew doing all the work making you look good.

I got cleared to fly two weeks ago, have been -out straight- ever since, they scheduled my simulator re-qual training the exact same days as Tradewinds, Fri-Sun, then 2 days off and then a 5 day trip to Tel Aviv. I got home last Sunday after about 2 weeks on the road, as before the sim training I had to haul 3 horses and two kids up to Auburn, then stayed there to study for a couple days, then to ATL for the sims, back to Auburn, then to TLV.

It's great to get back to work, but now I miss the time off! I did get my Jan. vaction for next year so you will see me at Tradewinds then. Unless you sneak into one of our private F16 regattas.

You know I shouldn't even be talking about those here in public, so don't tell anyone I told you or showed you our secret handshake.

Oh, and the lawn is dead so you won't need to mow her, I mean it, until spring!

;^)

Leave me out of this! Still. . .

Oh! You missed most of GC. There will be more Uni's than you, Tback and me.

Pete, I was talking about our local racing. I know there will be lots of Uni's at GYC Multihull event, I'm counting on it. Ding, you going to be one of them?

When's the next GYC local race? I need some practice.

Next month I've got two trips to Johannesburg, SA. Any sailing down there? It looks pretty dry on the map. I wish we were doing Capetown instead!

Looks like February 20th. Brrrr!

That's almost a month away, it might be warm by then! I'd be out on the lake today but the lake water is fffrrriggn ccccold and I don't own a dry suit, too fat for my old wetsuit!

Just checked my Feb. schedule, I'll be in Jo-burg on the 20th of course. Dammit!

I officially have crew:

#1 Crew: Riley Mc (first right of refusal)
#2 Crew: Martin S. (imported)
#3 Crew: Diane (only for distance racing)

my sailing uni are long gone

Good to hear that your are certified to fly again Timbo!

Thanks Rolf, and thanks for the videos too! I'm about to send them back, I haven't forgotten.

While I was away, they came up with a new comercial.

Take a listen and let me know what you think. Be sure to put your Jimmy hat on first...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RljdyXeft04

Hey Pete, hows the coffee? Will the regatta be run out of the club or off of the town beach? It looks like we have 4 positives and two hopefulls so far for the regatta. Ed

Nothing in stone yet, but the beach is a pretty good bet. Glad to hear there is interest in your area. Care to name names?

Well there's me, Kris, Alec and Lee as definate, Conni and Johnny 5 as hopeful. So far I think Alec and Lee are doing the Robbie Daniels clinic also. Last names have been left off to protect the innocent.

If measureing is required there will be four of the six listed above that will need it. Ed

We're still working on measurement. I'll keep you posted.

Terry, maybe I can help you you out sometimes too if Matt uses Ri or Peyt. Or maybe you'll get two for the price of one! You could possibly be the luckiest man around. I hate the term sucker!

Hey! What about me!?

Chicks dig Body Doubles !

Pete, I'm all over you man. Any time as long as Matt can use Ri or Peyt instead. Has anyone mentioned how bossy I can be? No worries, I'll be gentle - just ask Matt. This is going to be fun. You coming over to Hagar?

I've gotten delicate in my old age; Hagar promises to be a little too chilly for me.

It's supposed to be 70 degrees (F) that weekend

When is it and what's the water temp. supposed to be?

HEY WAIT A MINUTE! You have me hijacking the Nat's thread.

Pete, since you started this thread, you can hijack it if you want!

My unofficial count, at the moment, is . . . 15 for sure + 3 undecided and 1 unaccounted for.

Are any F18 crews thinking of chartering a Viper or Falcon for this event?

Just Ding!

Hey, I'd be willing but you guys would have to reciprocate, and after the GC... we're still waiting for some F16 drivers to show up on an F18.

We gave you Robi !

Can I borrow yours for Pensacola?? :^)

But then all the "Go Pete Go" stickers would have to be changed to "Go Ding Go".

I like it!

You gave us Robi? You guys lost Robi my friend.

Since we're saying things we have NO intention of doing, why of course you can borrow my boat for Pensacola.

Woohoo! So far we have 6 out of 9 that are coming from the West River Sailing Club, Galesville, MD!

Uni - Taipan, Viper, Blade, & 2 Falcons
Double - Taipan

Sweet, and add Ding sailing Uni on my boat, while I get out and practice on his.

I'm going to need a little "Sweetness" for crew, she comes with the deal, right?

Her current contract does not cover outsourcing. You will have negotiate your own deal, she is very low maintenance but has no tolerance for bad behavior.

uhhhhhh ..... she must not read this forum!

OK, I'm willing to negotiate, but will she deal cards?

I think I only counted 4 of your boats Kris.

Not sure how serious he was, but Karl B suggested I fly down and crew. We'd be team "Laurel and Hardy."

When is the NOR and registration going to be up?

Soon.

Serious enough to invite you, but tell you to find your own place to stay.
Offer still stands if you're interested. I don't think I'm willing to split up the clinic though. I need to work on the singlehand stuff as much as possible.

Well Stanley, I blocked off the days on my calendar at work, but I have not broached the subject with my wife. I am sure this will be greeted with "its starting again already?"

If a shrimp boil is promised at GYC, I'll fend off the daggers and come for that alone.

Yeah, Laurel and Hardy, waaaaayyyy before my time.

I'll let you guess who is the thin guy...

Stick man is my hero, kinda reminds me of our economy. Oh wait! That's another thread. . .

NOR?

Does anyone know, perhaps, what time the cutoff for racing will be, so that people travelling can figure out if a flight out of TPA (say, to LAX?) at 1700 hrs is possible?

I'm sure that info will be in the NOR, but the time for reasonable flights is... yesterday.

The plan is for three races each day. What time do you need the cutoff to be? I'll try to get it written in.

Immaterial - I just booked it. There were only three seats left at the early booking fare. See you there!

NOR

http://www.gulfportyachtclub.com/gycmultihull2009.htm

bump. We're just over a month away. What tuning, speed tips do you folks have?

My dagger board trunks suck, literally. They make a definite sucking sound, especially under spinnaker. Is this why Tback always beats me, or is it because I'm fat (this is your chance to talk a little pre-race trash)?

These boats have a whole bunch of lines supporting the spin pole. Is that significan windage? Should I invest in ultra slick, hi tech unobtainium lines?

Whaddaya think Ding? You know you want in this!

How do you fix trunk suck? Better felt/carpet in the bottom of the trunk? Build up the bottom with glass/expoxy using the dagger as part of the mold? Both?

Is this with the boards lifted to avoid tripping under the chute? If so, the above is not a solution. So how would you solve it then? Flaps in the botton of the trunk?

The question is semi-serious. I'm assuming the sound comes from air flowing downward through the bottom of the slot. The situation occurred by too vigorous sanding of the boards. A littel gel coat on the boards should fix it.

A little gel-coat will help. If they are loose at the top, you can buy some 1" wide velcro strips with sticky back at WalMart in the fabric/sewing area, cut to length and install the fuzzy strip in the top of the dagger slots, this will help keep the boards up when you raise them and slow the air sucking down there as well.

[trashtalk]Fresh off a training camp, squid-pig and her over weight crew is ready to kick some butt.[/trashtalk]

Pete, do they suck all of the time, or just sometimes?

I have found, if the boat is not balanced right(ie your weight not being in the correct place) going downwind I will hear gurggling myself...

To me, that usually means I have my weight to far BACK in light winds going downwind.

Again, that's what the gurgling sounds to me means...

Mike

who is sailing with whom?

Karl and Dan? That's a lot of tall...

"ballast" I believe is the word you're looking for JW. "Man-meat" would also be acceptable.

(edit)
We were crusin' at Tradewinds when the wind was up. Get Dan's bulk hanging off the transom and we could go like hell.

We really need to work on some stuff, but all in all we're a decent team, and sync up well. I think in the more moderate winds not requiring the hulk, I'll trap going downwind while helming. Should give us a nice middle gear.

I'm not goin there. . .

Yeah, but it made you laugh, and that's all I wanted today Pete.

I'm sailing with me, myself, and I...

Does that count?

Only seven F16's signed up? I'd assume Robbie is sailing, as is the freakishly fast blonde kid. Who else?

Everybody waits until the last minute. Final tally should be 15-20.

I'll be there.

Bring rum.

Too easy, Sargent!

i dont think any mossies are going to give you a run for your money!!! haha lol

John. Are sailing F-16 or F-18? Pardon me if its already been said and I missed it. Ed

Even if I could bring an F18 to the F16 Nationals, I don't think I would.

It's not just the F16 Nats, it's open to other fleets as well just like last year.

Yes; I think we all know that. I believe John is sailing an F16.

Actually, I did NOT know that. I ASSumed it was a one-design event. That's why I was baffled at the question.

Yes, I am sailing F16.

So what can we expect for weather, temp wise?

It's been about 10 below "average" this winter. I know, still about 50 warmer than Minn, but still...cold for us. This week it's supposed to be in the mid 70's, hopefully by Apr. 9 it -should- be in the low 80's, but it's been an unusually cold winter, so it could be in the 70's.

http://www2.tbo.com/weather/local/7-day-forecast/

Awesome!

The only nice thing about the cold is that it kills off just about anything that can kill you. No scorpions, gators, snakes, or venomess ducks. That is if you manage to survive the cold yourself.

They aren't dead they just move slower.

But the cold didn't kill the sharks, man-o-wars, or stingrays. We don't worry 'bout those wussy little fresh water pests around here.

There's a shark at the zoo. I'd expect full fecal expulsion if I saw a shark on the water. Coming from an agrarian backround we don't have too many sharks out in the corn/beans.

http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/News/083100/TampaBay/Man_s_death_thought_t.shtml

Boca Ciega Bay....Home of F-16 nationals!

Damn....that Shark must be over 25' by now given the article referenced was from 2000.

I'll bet it could swallow one of those itty bitty boats whole!

Here's a question: If I were to sail a boat that is almost a F16, but not quite would you, (either the racers at the event, or the RC), allow me to race with the F16's if it meant getting another boat there? Score me for each race, then at the end of the event DSQ me?

I've still got an FXone sitting in the basement, and a couple that would probably be interested in sailing the Viper. I could just call it the FXonesix.

For a club race that would be a non issue: absolutely, no problem. For a national, well, that's harder. Of course you can ask for the activation of the special rule:


So in practice you local F16 Association (aka the US one) can allow you to compete in a FX-1 if they think it is appropriate. You will end up with two set of results: a F16 result with your boat excluded and an "open F16 result".

Pepin nailed it !

Wouter

No. The proposal submitted by the U.S.F16 Class association to GYC specifically calls for a separate start for F16s who are members of the U.S.F16 class association.

The FX-1 would sail in the open class as would any F16s who chose not to join the class association or do not have valid class certification.

Wouldn't work out anyway.


Pete- Will anyone be available to measure boats the few days prior to the event? I believe the training camp will be run out of the GYC, and my boat will be there.

Pete will be at the training camp too and I plan on being on the beach Thursday to measure boats/sails. Robie and Jill are official measurers too, so if you are coming down early, you can have them do it.

They've got my boat, I'll shoot jill an email and see if she can get it measured before I even get down there.

12 registered so far, c'mon slackers!

14 by my count this morning, that's a little better.

. . . 15.

16.

17

18

Are they sending them to you?

I don't see that on the "See who's coming" page.

Yes. Not to me directly by I get a Cc. The "Who's coming" update is a little slow.


. . .19

Can you send me the list?


I want to know.

sure. It will take a minute.

Just post em' up here.

You're still not official. Okay,give me a sec.

John McLaughlin/Noah Pritchard
Taylor Reiss/ Matthew Whitehead
Kris Hathaway
Seth Stern
Jon Scott
Ed Mills
Alec Daunheimer
Barney Harris, Lee Mullins
Andy Humphries, Michael McNeir
Chris Stater, Eric Hosch
Robbie Daniel, John Williams
Mike Borden
Constantine Serementis
Matt and Gina McDonald
Zach and Matt Lynch
Tim Bohan
Jody Abrams, Joanna Lienti

You can add me and Riley:

20

Oh, I've always been official.

Just because I'm a straight up lazy butt and waited until the absolute last minute to mail in my twenty five bucks, I'm no longer official?

What a crock!



(edit)- and since I probably can't change it, and you probably already know, I'll be runnin' two up with the super crew.

you don't have to mail the money. Just go to the GYC site and register.

21. . . I think there are at least TWO more suspects lurking out there! C'mon! You know you want to!

Sandra Tartaglino/Jamie Livingston
Karl Brogger/Dan Krueger
Terry Back/Riley McDonald
John McLaughlin/Noah Pritchard
Taylor Reiss/ Matthew Whitehead
Kris Hathaway
Seth Stern
Jon Scott
Ed Mills
Alec Daunheimer
Barney Harris, Lee Mullins
Andy Humphries, Michael McNeir
Chris Stater, Eric Hosch
Robbie Daniel, John Williams
Mike Borden
Constantine Serementis
Matt and Gina McDonald
Zach and Matt Lynch
Tim Bohan
Jody Abrams, Joanna Lienti
Pete Pollard

He guys and gals; that is quite a nice participation listing.

I'm sure it is going to be a very good event as a result !

Wouter

I'm particularly glad to see the Tartaglino/Livingstone team. Lady drivers are always a good thing. Jamie's reputation speaks for itself.

Anyone heard from Mrs. Krueger?

I see some youths in this mix as well !

Zach
Taylor

Wouter

Dan & Kelly were going to do the camp, and the GYC regatta on their C2. Its not going to make it there in time, I think the second plan was it was going to get there the following monday. Now its later and Dan has no reason to go other than we're doing the camp then the regatta, so Kelly doesn't have to come and Dan's stuck with me.

I'm curious what the team weights are, we gotta be in the upper percentile at ~365lbs.

!! Where the hell is stick man?! Don't tell me you fed him to squidpig!

Well? Whats going on with this event?

Racing starts Friday.

I think quite a few of them are doing a racing clinic this week, though.

Yes. From the Maryland tribe Lee and Barney, Alec, Connie and me are doing the clinic. Robbie is flogging us until moral improves. Ed

http://www.bcbaywatch.com/

Check out the max winds today, 32! And there were some brave souls out there -doing it- big! Some Caps were out practicing with some F16's.

Lots of F16's on the beach ready for the racing tomorrow, cold front coming through tonight though...

Seth's got a brand new Falcon! Who will be the first to put a scratch on it??

Best of luck and enjoyment to all you guys at this event !

Wouter

Some rain this morning to be followed by clearing and winds north at 15 is what the weather man just said, I'm off to Gulfport to suit up, see ya! (note time, 06:45 local)

GOOOO the red genni!

Have fun everybody

Greetings from Switzerland!

Greetings from Switzerland from me too!!
(just leaving Geneva on my way home after visiting my sis' in Chamonix - got in some great skiiing!!!)

lucky bugga....

weeeelllll how about now??

Yeah whats going on? Lets see some results or pictures.

Today we ran five races. The first two were light/shifty, the last two were honkin' and pretty good. Started off cloudy, ended up sunny.

Robbie Daniel is in 1st
Matt/Gina Mcdonald in 2nd
Taylor and Mathew in 3rd

Dan and I are in 11th.
I don't know anything else.

Come on Karl get on it?

Shall we look at the final crew make-ups, boat types and other data while we wait for more racing news ?

Please correct or complete any data that is wrong or missing. Together we can easily fill in the blanks.

Sandra/Jamie and Zach/Matt are both on Vipers.

We're tryin' to get on it! In the 4th race we were first to the windward mark, and damn near 1st at the gate. Then we had a bit of trouble getting the kite to come down and capsized. Many explatives followed, managed to pull a 8th out on that one. In the 5th race we were OCS, dipped back around the committee boat, and still scraped a 7th up. Big wind with a heavy crew the Viper is an absolute freight train going to weather. Extremely impressive in that respect, we were untouchable going uphill.

The first race was started on time, and with less than a 1/3rd of the participants there, (including Dan and I), I'm hoping that one will get thrown out. The extra 24pts is killing us, and the light air.....

The facebook page of Kris Hathaway shows a Falcon F16, is that also the boat he is sailing as the nationals ?

If so then the boat distribution is as follows :

22 crews participating
34 sailors in total
12 2-up crews
10 1-up crews
10 Viper F16's
7 Blade F16's
3 Falcon F16's
2 Taipan F16's

Wouter

Seth took delivery of his battleship-gray Falcon on Thursday. Beautiful boat!

The RC started a couple of minutes late as it was - there is no way that race should be thrown out. When there is a start time posted, and the RO says quite clearly at the skippers' meeting that he is starting on time, you'd better get a move on.

And yes - the SquidPig was hauling A$$ uphill in the breeze.

Some photos would be great!

Thanks Karl. How much crew weight you running?

Four races yesterday, the first two in very good wind with several crashes, then it died out and while it did, lots of big wind shifts. The last race was a frustrating drifter up at A mark with no laylines, just tack and hope for a puff!

We started the first race at 10am, in 18+ gusts. Check out the windspeed charts for yesterday, look closly at 2pm. It went from NE at 18-25 to NW at 4-6. http://www.bcbaywatch.com/

I think the top 3 remain the same. Last day is today, got to go watch the news to see what the wind is -supposed- to be...

It is all over, including the shouting. I am comfortable in a cushy hotel room with my family waiting for a 6AM flight back to LA. It was a pretty weekend and the wind was very challenging, but PRO Fairlie Brinkly did his normal outstanding job of course management - we got thirteen races in three days with highly variable conditions.

Some notable items:

• 1. GYC is great. I love that club and they always have a very warm smile for catamaran fleets. Great food for the dinner Saturday night and plenty of volunteers on the RC.
  
  2. Give the SquidPig it's due. Karl has the loudest truck in the northern hemisphere and he could trade insults with that stupid dog hand puppet. That anchored monohull never had a chance.
  
  3. Gordon Isco is a terrific friend. Many thanks for the use of his spare room again and for sharing some fine rum, un-freaking-believable stories and advice.
  
  4. Matt By-God McDonald never, ever, ever gives up. You can roll him, hole his boat, flip him on the finish line, or snap his rudder - he and super-crew Gina just keep coming. He can start four minutes late and finish top five... at least twice in one regatta. If he'd been sent to Baghdad, we'd have finished up years ago. The guy is a tsunami. Hats off.
  
  5. Taylor and Matt will be the best team on a catamaran in the World someday... soon.
  
  6. Jill knows everything. Yes, everything. Don't question - just go with it.
  
  7. Robbie Daniel is a good friend, coach and mentor. Tear his big toe off and he'll still be there for you. Even if you step on it later.
  
  8. Go Pete! Thanks Pete and the rest of the excom for putting together the first F16 Nationals in the US. That first step is a hard one. This effort came off very nicely from a competitor's perspective.

So now, for me, it is bedtime stories for the kid and a hot shower for me. I think there are two Aleve in my immediate future.

Cheers

Thanks for the kind words John and for making the long trip back east for this event. It was great to see you again.

So when is Sara getting a trap harness??? ;^)

And thanks to all the out of state sailors who made some very long drives, to make this event a success, great turnout and that wouldn't have happened without your efforts, thanks for coming!

Now, we Florida boys have to get a caravan figured out for the next F 16 N/A's, up in Maryland, next year!

Ed, where did you disapear to? I still owe you some beer!

I saw a link yesterday for results, but can't locate it today..

Anyone have the URL?

Its naturally that loud. Being a bad butt pickup took some coin.

Insult the Comic dog ain't got **** on me.

I've got nothing about the moored boat, except massive amounts of disappointment. We had 2 dnf's, and (I think) 4 dns' thanks to Spinlock producing two junk cleats. The last race of the whole friggin event, we're first around the windward mark, we're first through the gate, we're four or five boat lengths ahead of the boys with a leg and a half to go and while Dan's throwing me off the boat, I throw it all away trying to add a foot to our lead. Nice.

BTW- Dan and I are about 385lbs. We felt it in the light stuff......

Great event, too far away at 1700 miles, but I've managed to drive to Florida 4 times in the last 18 months, so I'm sure I'll pile a few more miles on the ol' smoke wagon and make the trip again.


Where's next years event.

There's supposed to be pics coming as well, but that's all I know about it.

Aren't you supposed to be driving?

If you are it is not safe to "surf" and drive at the same time!

I raced (crewed for) Riley McDonald this weekend. By all measures it was a fantastic weekend.

Can't say enough for GYC, the race committee and the chef/service help at the club for dinner ... all OUTSTANDING! If you've never been to an event hosted by GYC you're missing out.

Racing with Riley was a blast. She's a trooper ... just like my "uni" crew ... never talks back (at least on the water).

Friday night she gave me strict instructions--"Don't get drunk at the party!". We were sharing a house with the McDonald's so when I got back I "played" like I was toasted. "Mr. Terry you're DRUNK!" HAHAHAH, I got you!

Saturday night my wife and I got back to the house before Riley, she asked my wife if I was in bed sleeping .... A freakin' bed check! A BED CHECK for gods sake!!!

Anyway, she did great and we had all kinds of conditions, from floaters to med-hvy air with gusts. She's a good driver and is looking for a 14-15 yr old hunky boy for a crew.

We capsized one time all weekend, by demand from Mr. Seth because he said too .... we did it before the first race ... HAHAHA take that Seth.

It was great to see the usuals and new faces around. It was like an ol' class reunion.

Awesome stuff guys!

Great to see you out there again Robi, nice graphics on the boat too, that Pheonix really sparkles when the sun hits it just right!

I emailed the results to F16 association, maybe someone can figure out how to post them.

Good to see everyone, thanks for all your help.

Pete,

You can mail/pm them to me (I can access the website, facebook and twitter page).
I'll upload them tonight (within 6 hours).

Thanks for putting this together Pete! Now you know why nobody wants to be class President! You should have come out when Ed was on the beach fixing his boat, then you could have handed the torch to him!

And thanks to all the "Beach Patrol" provided by the GYC (John and Chuck?) who were great about getting our beach wheels after launch and upon returning, helping step and unstep masts, moving trailers around, etc.
It's nice to have that kind of help when racing Uni!



Here's the West River Sailing Club info for next NA's: http://www.westriversc.org/

This was a really fun time! We had a bit of everything as far as conditions go and although we are light, those were our worst finishes. Sailing is sailing and that goes for all conditions even the hated (by me) heavy and punchy winds. We had to work for everything this weekend and we are hurting today; a good hurt. We are looking forward to F-16 Nationals next year in Maryland.

As usual we had great sailing with great friends and for those of you that couldn't join us, make it work in 2011. You won't be sorry.

- G

Can anyone send me the results? I'm home now and will be able to update the f16 website. And I also want to know the results! :-)

Next weekend our racing season is starting finally! After reading this and the Aussie regatta I really can't wait to get out and race!

Gill

PM your email address, please.

I sent the results to Gilo at Noon.

Could you attach them to here as well?

Check out the F16 site, results online! :-)

If any of you that were at the regatta want to send me a text to get along with the results, just do so. Maybe also including the next possible venue?

Thanks Gill. Here's a copy to save people a few seconds -

Ok, sorry that didn't work out so well. Right click - view image will show it full size.

we should take note that Tback and Riley stopped to give assistance during the race. One of the younger crew had gotten separated from his boat so T&Riley rendered assistance without redress, though I'm sure it would have been given.

Good job T.

Have pictures been posted anywhere?

From Wendy


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyspics/collections/72157623725636189/

From Richard Kinnie

http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay1#

http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay2#

http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay3#

Jeffrey Marks was sailing sloop, with his son I think.

SquidPig is moving well....
http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay3#5460112060173805442

Gina: "Matt, what f--- are you thinking, we just passed the mark?!?!?!"
Matt: #$@&*!!!!!
http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay3#5460113627230946498

Can you say: "I can't $#@$* uncleat the main!!!!!"
http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay3#5460113900065072290 (that'll show those guys on the second row!!!!)

Dive! Dive! Dive! Who is the u-boat commander?
http://picasaweb.google.com/115536799553525989336/GYCMultihullRegattaDay3#5460114167074622130

I promise I am not making fun, but enjoying the pictures. I've done much, much worse.

We missed you Tom, hope to see you back on the water soon.

Hey, how about the show put on by the kids?! A 15yr. old with a 17yr. old crew kicked all our butts!!

And Riley McDonald's obviously got good gene's too! That was her first race and Terry had her driving! Nice Job Riley and Terry!

And how about an Honorable Mention to the -only- crew to complete all 13 races?

Nice Job Andy Humpries and crew!


As you can see by the results, there were lots of DNF's, mostly for broken stuff, I had to return to the beach twice, once for a busted trap line and once for a missing rudder!