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Author: Gill De Bruyne
Keeping the Faith: F16 European Championship 2019
Event report by Beau White – Australia.
Top 3 podium:
1st: Lou and Armand – Viper F16 – 1st mixed – 1st youth
2nd: Andi & Andi – Falcon F16 – mixed – 1st masters
3rd: Emmanuel and Eric – Bimare F16 – men’s
13th: Teuntje and Doortje – Nacra F16 – 1st women’s
33rd: Brian Hillesdon – Falcon F16 – 1st solo
Report:
From the day we began crashing less, sailing faster and moving up the mixed fleet races we have dreamed of racing in a big fleet of F16s. The Australian National in Rye in 2018 was the most perfect regatta, we tasted the high of blasting around in sunshine, strong sea breeze and flat water with 14 other edgy thrill seeking teams. The fleet were young and old. There were muscular young men, pretty girls in bikinis, old sea dogs and solo steely eyed missile men. Continue reading
Swiss F16 races
Swiss F16 races!
Dear F16 sailors (and former ones),
I hope your season has started well and that you already enjoyed some nice sailing sessions!
I wanted to write this little email to tell you that the registrations for the Swiss F16 Class Championship are opened ( https://manage2sail.com/fr-
If some of you are interested by the event but don’t have a boat, just tell me and I will see if I can find a solution! I really hope that if you are available, you will manage to come, even the ones that bought an F16 recently 🙂
I encourage our foreign crews in copy of this email (French, German, Belgian) to spread the word in their country to have an even greater event 😀 Swiss guys are always happy to welcome you!
I also take the opportunity of this email to remind you some of the nice events coming this season:
- Cat Week-end in Ascona (8th-9th June – RACES Championship) – Registrations open
- Genève-Rolle-Genève in Geneva (YCG) (8th-9th June – Long Distance) – Registrations open
- Open des Multicoques in Geneva (SNG) (22nd-23rd June – RACES Championship)
- European F16 Championship in Bordeaux (20th -26th July) (with places available for a training with Mitch Booth the week before) – Registrations open!
- Bol d’or du Lac de Joux (24th-25th August – Long Distance)
- Rietli Cat Battle in St-Gallen (SCR) (31st August – 1st September – RACES Championship)
- Trophée des Rentes Genevoises in Geneva (YCG) (5th-6th October – RACES Championship Final)
If you are interested in any of these events and have questions, do not hesitate to contact me!
I hope that there will be a lot of F16 to these events 🙂 And make sure, you follow us on Facebook to have all the information!
Always at your disposal if you have any questions or proposal of improvement,
I wish you a good week-end and a great sailing season!
Cheers,
Aurore Kerr
F16 Europeans registrations open!
Don’t wait any longer and subscribe for the F16 Europeans!
—> http://www.cerclevoilebordeaux.com
See you there!
Management letter 2019
Dear F16 Sailors,
The year 2018 has been full of thrilling events and a lot of interesting topics concerning the future development of the class. After 18 years, the class is still going strong and producing top level sailors in highly competitive fleets. The Catamaran market is currently a bit fractured and still reeling from the change of the N17/15 shift. As the F16 association we will continue to work on our visibility and structure in order to maintain stability, grow and improve our wonderful class.
Read the entire letter here
Notice of Race – F16 Europeans available
The notice of race for the upcoming F16 Europeans in France is now available, check it out here: NOR – F16 Europeans 2019
F16 Europeans announced in Maubuisson from 17th to 26th of July 2019
After the succesful 2011 World championship, the F16 class returns to the water of Maubuisson, France. Located in the South-West of France near Bordeaux (famous from the wine) and the Atlantic coast, Le Lac de Maubuisson offers a nice sailing water.
Similar to Hellecat where the F16 Europeans were held this year, it is a sheltered water close to sea offering stable winds.
La Cercle de la Voile de Bordeaux, the organising sailing club yearly has a big cat regatta beginning of November and is used to these type of events.
Come over and enjoy ‘la douce France’, good food and great sailing.
This will be an awesome event!
This will be awesome indeed! Only 90 days until the F16 Europeans in Hellecat! So if you want to go and compete, now is your time to register!
Join in on the fun of this great location now!
Subscribe here: https://www.hellecat.com/pages/67/Entry-Subscribe/
Letter from the management for 2018
Dear F16 Sailors,
Last year was one full of high and lows. We had a great series of events showing growth on the other
hand we face the fact that the N17 and N15 are having an impact on our class as well. The olympic multihull business still eats away parts of the F16 fleet, but on the other hand, the class may be lucky that professional sailors don’t jump on it these days. Outside the olympic circuit, the N17 class seems to be dead. Also in some countries the N15 has been chosen as youth class instead of the F16. But there we see great synergies between both classes hosting regatta’s together. The U.S: fleet is working on another combined event in 2018 as well. We are also convinced that after the N15 only few will progress to the N17 and we can expect many to enter the F16 or F18 class depending on weight. So let’s enjoy what we have: one of the best, most versatile and fastest sailboat classes worldwide, being affordable and serving sailors from kids to seniors.
Old Dogs Rule at 2017 F16 North American Championships
Four of the top five spots at the event recently completed in Clearwater, Florida were captured by
teams tipping the half century mark at both helm and typically crew. After three consecutive 4-race
days in double trapeze conditions, the team of Robbie Daniel (Florida) and Gary Chu (Wisconsin) came
out on top with six bullets and no other finish lower than a three. Second Place was captured by
husband and wife team, Matt and Gina McDonald (Florida), with impressive throws of just a three and a
four. Defending Champions, and the only Top Five team without gray hair on board, were youth team,
Mark Brunsvold and Dylan Heinz (Florida) finishing in Third. The single-handed Champion was Ken
Marshack (Washington).
Embracing the importance of attracting more youth to catamaran sailing, the Formula 16 Fleet invited
the Nacra 15s to participate in the event. The two fleets shared a single start, amounting to 23 boats on
the line. The youth teams sailed exceptionally well, gathering valuable bigger fleet experience.
Matthew Monts (South Carolina) and Carlyn Blauvelt (Georgia) claimed First Place in the N15 Fleet.
Great sportsmanship was displayed by all sailors throughout the event, as evidenced by the fact that the
Protest Committee was not called upon a single time throughout the week. The Race Committee also
conducted a flawless event, much appreciated by all participants. Special thanks go out to lead sponsor,
Red Gear Racing, and to Jill Nickerson for her never-ending support.
At the Class Meeting, which preceded a spectacular dinner, the new leadership team was nominated
and elected. Meeting Minutes will be published at USF16.org soon detailing all agreements.
Plans are also in the works for a 2018 Championship. The leadership team expects to make an official
announcement before year-end.
Results Link:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=14935&show_divis
ions=1&show_crew=1