F18 Class Rule Changes

To all,

The international F18 Association had it's December meeting last weekend and some changes to the class rules have been agreed. These will be current from the 1st Jan 2011 so please take note

The Council approved unanimously to change the class rules as follow :

Standing Rigging change :

F.6.2 CONSTRUCTION

From 1st January 2011

(a) MANDATORY

(1) A forestay and bridles of 1 x19 stranded wire of minimum diameter of 4.0mm.

(2) Shrouds of 1 x 19 stranded wire of minimum diameter of 4.0mm.

(3) Trapeze wires of stranded wire or textile with a minimum diameter of 2.5mm.

(b) OPTIONAL

(1) A pair of diamond wires of 1 x 19 stranded wire of minimum diameter of 4.0mm.

The compliance date of 1st January 2011 would give any affected boats 12 months to comply.

The Council agreed to request TC to make for July 2011 meeting a proposal in order to limit the maximum dagger board projection under the hull.

10. Material used in F18 hull construction

The Council recall D.3.1 rule : The core cell material is not a class legal material.

A recorded letter requesting the details of boats already produced has been addressed to Loday/White on 7th of November with "No answer from the Company".

A second and last letter will be issued shortly requesting the details of boat produced and sold prior to 1 of August 2010 (list including owners name and hull number).

The boats produced and measured prior to 1st of August 2010 and listed on a class document will be allowed to continue to compete in F18.

All other boats using Core cell will not be class legal.

Kind Regards
James Ogilvie

Performance Pro
james.ogilvie@performancepro.com.au
www.performancepro.com.au

PH: +61 400 701 878
Fx: +61 2 8569 0383

Cool Vid from the French F18 Asociation

F18 Class Catamaran French promotional video 2011 from Matthieu Le Page on Vimeo.

Filmed by Matthieu Le Page

Kembla Klassic

Last weekend nine F18s joined the fleet of about 100 boats to compete in the Kembla Klassic. On Saturday a 10-15kts nor'easter made for a pleasant mornings race. Jason and Josh reveled in the light conditions and won the first race with the Brewins second. In the afternoon the breeze kicked into 25-30kts with some gusts reported at 38kts. Of the eight boats racing, six broke stuff and only three finished the race. Steve Brewin replaced his dad to crew for his brother Chris and the pair won the race. Capsizing and turtling seemed to be the order of the day for the rest of the fleet. Jason and Josh capsized three times and still finished 2nd. By the end of the afternoon many of the boats sported "chock tops". The wind increased and the third race was abandoned as all committee vessels had a busy afternoon rescuing broken boats.

To compete in a weekend regatta you need tactics both on and off the water. How you navigate around the bar can have a big impact on the next days performance and your position in the point score. With this in mind I brought in the "big guns" last weekend to crew for me. Legendary party animal Neil Moxham did his best to wipe out the opposition on Saturday night. Grantly was completely shattered Sunday morning and the young blokes Jason and Josh were more than a little dusty. Despite our best efforts to corrupt the lads they pulled it together to sail brilliantly and win both races with a convincing lead.

Results

1st Sailing Scene Jason Waterhouse and Josh 0.75, 2, 0.75, 0.75 = 4.5

2nd Suebo Chris and Richard Brewin 2, 0.75, 3, 2 = 7.75

3rd White Tiger Brett White and Jon Jay 8, 3, 6, 4 = 21

4th Frisky Cat Kyle and Grant 6, 10C, 4, 3 = 23

5th Harken James and Grantly 3, 10C, 2, 10C = 25

6th Carbon FX Tim Makepeace 7, 10C, 5, 6 = 28

=7th Flying Fish Leanne and Neil 9, 10C, 8, 5 = 32

=7th Cruel and Heartless Ian Simpson and Grant 5, 10C, 7, 10C = 32

9th The Rose Billy Nissen 4, 10C, 10C, 10C = 34

NSW Travellers' Series Results (with one drop)

1st Brewins 1, 1, 1, (2), 2, 1, 2 = (10) = 8

2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5, (5), 4, 4 = (26) = 21

3rd Jason Waterhouse 11, 8, (12), 1, 1, 2, 1 = (36) = 24

4th Greg and Kez 2, 2, (12), 3, 4, 12, 10 = (45) = 33

=5th Pellew / Beasho (11), 8, 4, 4, 10, 5, 5 = (47) = 36

=5th James and Pete 2, 4, 3, (15), 10, 7, 10 = (51) = 36

=7th Whites 8, 8, 7, (10), 8, 8, 3 = (52) = 42

=7th Leanne and Stuart 5, 5, 9, (11), 7, 9, 7 = (53) = 42

9th Rod Waterhouse 11, 8, (12), 6, 3, 6, 10 = (56) = 44

10th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7, 10, (12), 7 = (57) = 45

11th Nissens (11), 8, 5, 11, 10, 3, 9 = (58) = 47

12th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, (12), 10 = (62) = 50

=13th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9, 10, (11), 10 = (67) = 56

=13th John Flewin 11, 6, 12, (15), 5, 12, 10 = (71) = 56

15th Tim Makepeace 11, 8, 12, (15), 10, 12, 6 = (74) = 59

16th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, (13), 9, 12, 10 = (73) = 60

=17th Caedric and Darci 11, 8, 12, (15), 10, 10, 10 = (76) = 61

=17th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, (15), 10, 12, 10 = (76) = 61

19th Terry and Vince 11, 8, 12, (14), 10, 12, 10 = (76) = 62

Party time

The Sydney Flying Squadron, Milson Point have invited the F18s and the A class cats to sail on the 18th Dec. The club has lost the 12foot skiffs and the new commodore Chris Haskard is keen to get the F18s and the As sailing occasionally at the SFS. On the 18th Dec we do not need to pay an entry fee and they will have a Christmas party after the race with seafood and a great band. The club also run a spectator ferry so it is a fun day for family and friends. Sydney harbour is a great place to sail and the parties at the Squaddie are legendary. Please let me know if you want to race.

Coming Up

F18 Nationals

The NOR is on the website www.ausf18.org.au

Gosford Sailing Club

Friday 21st Jan Marathon Race (no points counted)

Saturday 22nd – Monday 24th Jan Racing

Nacra Nationals

2-8th January Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club

http://www.nacra.com.au/news/32nd-nacra-nationals-2nd-8th-january-2011

Hobie Nationals

30th Dec – 5 Jan Vincentia Sailing Club Jervis Bay

http://hobiecatnationals.com.au/

C2 Nationals

2 –8th January Hervey Bay Sailing Club. In conjunction with the Taipan and Viper Nationals.

http://www.taipan.asn.au/R40544.html

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

Jan 21-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon race Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5,6 Trial Bay Regatta

April 17 Kurnell

see you on the water

Leanne Gould

Kembla Klassic Regatta (27-28th Nov) and the Nationals

 

The Kembla Klassic this weekend (27–28th Nov) will be the 7th event of the NSW Travellers' Series.

 

Details

It is on at Port Kembla Sailing Club, Northcliffe Drive Berkeley NSW

$60 entry fee

Registration Sat 0800 –1000hrs

Briefing Sat 0930hrs

Race 1 – Sat 1100hrs

Race 2 – Sat 1400hrs

Race 2a – back to back with race 2

Race 3 Sun 1000hrs

Race 4 Sun 1300hrs

Friday night bar and snacks

Sat / Sun lunches

Sat night Bar and BarBQ

Sun morning breakfast

Camping for $10 per night per campsite.

 

F18 Nationals

The NOR is on the website www.ausf18.org.au 

Gosford Sailing Club

Friday 21st Jan Marathon Race (no points counted)

Saturday 22 – Monday 24 Racing

 

Nacra Nationals

2-8th January Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club

http://www.nacra.com.au/news/32nd-nacra-nationals-2nd-8th-january-2011

 

Hobie Nationals

30th Dec – 5 Jan Vincentia Sailing Club Jervis Bay

http://hobiecatnationals.com.au/

 

C2 Nationals

2 –8th January Hervey Bay Sailing Club. In conjunction with the Taipan and Viper Nationals.

http://www.taipan.asn.au/R40544.html

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

 

F18 State titles

 

Sunshine and classic nor'easter put a smile on all the F18 sailors faces at Palm Beach Bullets Regatta last weekend. It was great to see new young blokes join the fleet. We had young Michael McCormick race with Rod Waterhouse on the Wild Cat.  Caedrick and Darbi Reader joined the racing in a Capricorn. Paul Whyte and Rob spent the weekend putting together their new boat. Welcome to the new blokes. Young Lachie White had his first solo sail in a Hobie Wave before the event and his Dad Brett had a problem to get him off the thing to race the F18.

 

This weekend the Steve and Richard Brewin, in the C2, gave us all a sailing lesson and won the F18 NSW state title in style. Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight came second and Billy and Dean Nissen were third.

 

Results F18 State Titles

 

1st Steve and Richard Brewin 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, (12OSC), 1, 1 = (20) = 8

2nd Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight 4, 3, (8 ), 4, 2, 2, 2, 4 = (29) = 21

3rd Billy and Dean Nissen 2, 4, 5, 2, (12OSC), 4, 3, 3 = (35) = 23

4th Kyle Amadio and Grant Rogers 5, 5, 2, 3, ( 8), 6,  6, 5 = (40) = 32

5th Grant Pellew and Grant 7, 6, 4, 6, 5, 3, ( 8), 6 = (45) =37

6th Rod Waterhouse and Michael McCormick 6, (12 DNS), 12 DNS, 12 DNS, 3, 15, 2 = (53) =41

7th James Ogilvie and Paul Williams 3, 1, 3, 5, (12DNS), 12DNS, 12DNS, 12DNS = (60) = 48

8th Brett and Lachie White (9), 7, 7, 7, 6, 8, 4, 9, = (57) = 48

9th Leanne Gould and Stuart Morton (8 ), 8, 6, 8, 7, 7, 7, 8, = (59) = 51

10th Caedrick and Darbi Reader 10, (12DNS), 12DNS, 10, 4, 5, 9, 7 = (69) = 57

11th Henk Zeeman and Spike (12DNS), 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 12DNS, 12DNS, = (81) = 69

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

 

Nov 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla

Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon race Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5,6 Trial Bay Regatta

April 17 Kurnell

 

 

 

 

Olympics - RIO 2016: Multis are Back

Olympics - RIO 2016: Multis are Back

Great News,

The ISAF Council, on a proposal from Chris Atkins, Chairman of the Events Committee, did agree on a slot of ten events, including Mixed Multihull, to be used at 2016 Olympic games, by 19 votes in favour and 16 votes against...
Best regards from Athens,

Olivier Bovyn
Pres IF18CA 

Queensland F18 State Titles

Results

Top 5

1st Adam Beattie -Jamie Lietner

2nd Dale ,Blair Mitchell

3rd Warren Guinea-Marja Van Helden

4th Luke Mcmullen-Jes

5th Michael Guinea-Viv Haydon

Regatta Report

The Qld F18 State titles were held at Mission beach between Cairns and Townsville on the weekend on the 23rd of October. A total of ten F18s competed, with boats from Brisbane, Airlie beach, Townsville, Cairns and Port Douglas. A total of five races were held over the weekend. The first two were held on Saturday morning in about 10knots of breeze and sunny conditions. Warren and Marja were leading the first race but decided to do an extra lap as they can not count to 2, this allowed Luke McMullen to claim 1st place. The next race Warren and Marja won convincingly, followed by Adam and Jamie.

The Round dunk Island race followed on Saturday afternoon, in about 15knots of breeze. The big outgoing tide made for some choppy conditions around the back of the island. Adam Beatie narrowly lead Dale Mitchell at the top of the island followed by Warren Guinea. Once the spinakers were raised for the long downwind home Adam increased his lead and won the marathon in a time of 80 plus minutes which is the fastest in ten years time. Dale Mitchell sailed a great race to take second place. Warren and Marja just finished ahead of Michael Guinea to claim third spot. The run home was great with big seas and strong winds, but once around the back of the island, the seas became flat which made for a quick trip to the finish line.

Sunday saw about 12-14 knots of breeze. Adam and Jamie showed us all a clean pair of transoms and easily won the both races.

Training

Adam and Jamie have been in Europe for six months this year working at the Nacra factory and sailing at all the major regattas. This experience has made them a lot quicker and showed us all how much they have improved. We held a training afternoon on Friday, which was followed by the annual trip to Dunk island resort for some quiet drinks. This year you could hardly see the island due to the rain and 20 plus knots blowing acros the bay.

The fleet in North queensland is steadily growing with three or more new boats to follow soon. Boats are sailed in Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns and Port Douglas and are mostly Nacra Infusions, but one Hobie Tiger competed this year and we all spent some time showing him some favourable tips.

The Mission beach regatta is a great event combining standard races with a true ocean marathon. It is one of the last remaining events of its kind in Australia. In addition we would like to thank the following sponsors for there help in donating trophies for the F-18 Qld state titles.

Harken
Ullman Sails-Airlie Beach
Nacra NQ

Regards Warren

Mission Beach

 

 

Top Gun Regatta Results

 

Hi all,

 

Nine F18s braved the inclement weather to join the fleet of cats at Kurnell Top Gun Regatta last weekend. The competition was hot as Chris and Richard Brewin in the C2 fought off the assault of the young blokes, 18 year old Jason Waterhouse and Josh 19 in the Hobie Wild Cat. Winning by only one point and a boat length were the Young Guns taking on the Old Guns with a grand total of 105 years of experience. It seems that youth and enthusiasm triumphed over experience and cunning this time...

TOP GUN REGATTA 2010

Kuenell Catamaran Club

Final Results F18 Fleet

1: Sailing Scene, AUS 125 Jason Waterhouse, Josh McKnight: 8.0

2: Subo, AUS 60, Chris Brewin, Richard Brewin: 9.0

3: Easy Tiger, 214, Rod Waterhouse, Chris Way: 13.0

4: Krank the Noodle, AUS 101, Greg Wyers, Kez Stevens: 17.0 

5: Norselec, 018, John Flewin, Simon Young: 26.0

6: Frisky Cat, 1893, Kyle Amadio, James Ogilvie: 26.0

7: Flying Fish, AUS 1023, Leanne Gould, Stuart Morton: 31.0

8: White Tiger, 1960, Brett White, Lachlan White: 37.0 

9, Silverfox, 207, Peter Lane, Gary Selwood: 41.0

11 year old Lachie White won an encouragement award for saving his dad's neck during a intense capsize. All the sailors are impressed by Lachie who regularly crews for his dad Brett. Well done Lachie! 

 

New Boats

We would like to welcome three more F18s to the NSW fleet. Bruce Gunn from Speers point has recently bought the black Nacra and will sail at Speers Point. Caedric Reader from Pittwater has bought a Capricorn and Paul Whyte has just bought the Laruffa F18 and has joined Kurnell. The NSW fleet has been growing at a phenomenal pace with six F18s purchased in the last month and a container of new boats expected in the next few weeks.

 

Next Weekend F18 States Palm Beach

Next weekend 13th /14th November is the F18 NSW State title as part of the Bullets Regatta at Palm Beach.

Palm Beach Sailing Club, Sand Point, Iluka Rd Palm Beach

$75 entry which includes an evening meal

Briefing 10.30 am

racing not earlier than 12 noon

details check the website www.pbsc.org.au

NOR and Entry forms attached

Please let me know if you are sailing so I can inform the club of numbers for the catering.

 

Are you a financial member of the F18 Association?

You must be a financial member of the F18 association to compete in the states. The treasurer has informed me that most of us are not financial members. It is easiest to do the paper work online. Go to our website www.ausf18.org.auand download the forms. It is easiest to pay by direct debit. We will have forms available on Saturday for those who are not organized so bring you cheque book or cash.

 

NSW Travellers' Series Results

1st Brewins 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 = 7

2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5, 5 = 18

3rd Greg and Kez 2, 2, 12, 3, 4 = 23

4th Jason Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 1, 1 = 33

5th James and Pete 2, 4, 3, 15, 10 =34

=6th Pellew / Beasho 11, 8, 4, 4, 10 = 37

=6th Leanne and Stuart 5, 5, 9, 11, 7 = 37

8th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7, 10 = 38

=9th Rod Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 6, 3 = 40

=9th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8, 10 = 40

11th Whites 8, 8, 7, 10, 8 = 41

=12th Nissens 11, 8, 5, 11, 10 = 46

=12th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9, 10 = 46

14th John Flewin 11, 6, 12, 15, 5 = 49

15th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, 13, 9 = 51

16th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, 15, 10 = 54

17th Terry and Vince 11, 8, 12, 14, 10 = 55 

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

Nov 13-14 Beware the Bullets and F18 States Palm Beach

Nov 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla

Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon race Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5,6 Trial Bay Regatta

April 17 Kurnell

 

 

Top Gun Regatta Kurnell

 

This weekend we are expecting over 10 F18s to join the fleet in the Top Gun Regatta at Kurnell Catamaran Club. With a its big uncrowded bay, legendary Nor'easters and easy rigging Kurnell is a favorite sailing destination amongst the F18s. This regatta will be event 5 of the NSW Travellers' series. Please note that this regatta has an early start.

 

Details

$35 regatta fee

1030 hrs Briefing

Racing am and pm Saturday and Sunday

Check the website for race instructions and maps www.kcc.asn.au

Camping available at the club

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

 

 

Jason wins Speers Point Regatta

Hello to all

I have just had word from Speers Point representatives that Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight sailing a Hobie Wild Cat were the official winners of the Speers Point Regatta. Congratulations to the young guys.

Leanne Gould

Event 4 NSW F18 Travellers' Series

Hi all

Our fleet of 14 F18s joined the mixed fleet of dinghies and cats at the Speers Point Regatta last weekend. A big thank you to all the volunteers who made the event happen. The Waterhouses new Hobie Wild Cats drew a lot of attention from the crowd. Young Jason had a new crew 18 year old Josh McKnight who was sailing his first regatta in a catamaran. Rod sailed with wife Kerry on Saturday and his other mate Sunday. Grantly Pellew's stress levels were pretty high when he was still taking the bubble wrap off bits of the new boat at 11.00am. Katie sailed Saturday and Adam Beashel sailed Sunday. Glen Towndrow came to give his support but couldn't sail due to a busted shoulder. James turned up in the morning to wish us all well. He has just sold his black boat to Bruce Gunn from Speers Point.

Three back to back races were held each day in less than ideal weather. The wind on Saturday blew from every point of the compass from 2-15kts challenging even the most experienced of sailors. In one race we dropped our kites near the mark then hoisted them again for the "work". It created an almost impossible task for the volunteers who were running several races simultaneously for different fleets. On Sunday we woke to 15kt Southerly and hosing rain. After some initial problems with the start boat it was towed into position and the racing started a little late. The steady breeze made for good sailing and we had some good rides down wind.

There is some ongoing debate over the results. At the presentation the Brewins were awarded 1st place. They took their medal and envelope made a speech and thanked everybody. We all clapped and congratulated them and then headed home after proceedings had finished. Regrettably there had been a mistake in calculating the results and it seems that Jason Waterhouse actually won the regatta and the results were then changed. Richard Brewin is now challenging this outcome so at this stage the results are provisional.

Provisional Results Speers Point Regatta

1st Jason Waterhouse and Josh 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 3 = 13

2nd Brewins 1, 9, 1, 1, 2, 2 = 16

3rd Greg and Kez 3, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, = 25

4th Pellews and Beasho 15F, 2, 5, 3, 4, 1 =30

5th Kyle and Grant 7, 3, 3, 6, 15, 11S = 40

6th Rod and Kerrie Waterhouse 4, 12, 15C, 4, 3, 4, = 42

7th Ian Simpson 8, 8, 7, 8, 6, 6 = 43

8th Morgans 11, 7, 11, 7, 7, 7 = 50

9th Henk and Spike 10, 4, 10, 10, 9, 9, = 52

10th Whites 9, 13, 9, 9, 8, 8, =56

11th Leanne and Stuart 6, 6, 8, 11F, 15C, 15C = 61

12th Nissens 5, 11, 6, 11F, 15C, 15C = 63

13th Peter Lane and Gary 15F, 10, 15C, 15C, 15C, 15C = 85

14th Terry and Vince 12, 14, 15C, 15C, 15C = 86

NSW Travellers' Series Results

1st Brewins 1, 1, 1, 2 = 5

2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5 = 13

3th Greg and Kez 2, 2, 12, 3 = 19

4th James and Pete 2, 4, 3, 15 =24

5th Pellew / Beasho 11, 8, 4, 4 = 27

6th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7 = 28

=7th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8 = 30

=7th Leanne and Stuart 5, 5, 9, 11 = 30

9th Jason Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 1 = 32

10th Whites 8, 8, 7, 10 = 33

=11th Nissens 11, 8, 5, 11 = 36

=11th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9 = 36

13th Rod Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 6, = 37

14th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, 13 = 42

=15th John Flewin 11, 6, 12, 15 = 44

=15th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, 15 = 44

17th Terry and Vince 11, 8, 12, 14 = 45

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

Nov 6-7 Kurnell Top Gun Regatta

Nov 13-14 Beware the Bullets and F18 States Palm Beach

Nov 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla

Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon race Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5,6 Trial Bay Regatta

April 17 Kurnell

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

Wild Cats Hit NSW F18 Fleet

3 new Hobie Wild Cats racing for the first time in Australia. Great to see new faces and some old ones sailing the new boats.

Wild Cats at Speers Point Regatta

 

 

Three new Hobie Wild Cats will race for the first time in Australia this weekend at Speers Point Regatta. The Waterhouse family who are based at Pittwater have acquired two of the new boats. Rod is a multiple Australian and World Master champion in the Hobie 16s and he will be skippering one of the cats. His teenage son Jason will be steering the other Wild Cat. Jason won several world and national youth events and just recently came second in the F16 Euro Challenge in Italy. Jason should be a great inspiration to the other teenagers that have started sailing in our F18 fleet. The Pellews will be racing the third Wild Cat and Grantly is still working on the boat this evening to have it ready for Saturday. Katie Pellew (ne Spithill) is currently ranked in the top 10 match racing skippers in the world and is on our Australian Olympic team preparing for London 2012. Katie will be steering on Saturday before flying out on Sunday to compete at an international regatta. Adam Beashel will be her replacement skipper on Sunday and Grantly will be crew both days. Adam has sailed in several Americas Cup challenges and has now lives on Lake Macquarie.

 

The Waterhouses and Pellews have made a massive effort to get the boats ready for the weekend and instead of just racing at their local club at Palm Beach they are making the extra effort to travel to Speers Point and join the rest of the F18 fleet.

 

It should be interesting racing in the next few months as the Hobies challenge the C2s. Currently the Brewin family with Chris and Richard and World and Australian Champion Steve are unbeatable. This season they have won every race of every regatta and have a perfect score in the NSW Travellers' Series. 

 

This weekend  8 visiting F18s will be joining the fleet of 7 local boats making a fleet of 15 F18s. The forecast is for a fresh Nor'easter on Saturday with a southerly change coming through late Saturday night and strong southerlies on Sunday. Fantastic conditions for exciting racing. Saturday night we plan to have dinner at the local pub next to the club. We are expecting about sailors to join the party.

 

see you Saturday

Leanne Gould

Mission Beach Regatta Queensland

This weekend the Queensland F18s will again make the pilgrimage to north to sail in the Mission Beach Regatta and the Round Dunk Island Marathon. This event is run by the Tinaroo Sailing Club and a notice of race can be found on their website www.tinaroo.yacting.org.au/ This will also be the North Queensland Nacra Championships and a large number of boats are expected.

Details

Held at sailing club and the lifesavers building at South Mission Beach

Saturday 1030 Race 1

Saturday 1330 "Around Dunk Island marathon"

Sunday 1000 and 1300 Buoy races

Barbeque lunch each day

more info contact Greg and Judy Heath 40688201 or 0408075899

Leanne Gould

Oympics: F18 Class Official Submission to ISAF

--The Formula 18 Class Association Submission to ISAF on Olympic classes makes a strong statement: The IF18CA fully support the Multihull comeback but does not want to become an Olympic Class itself. Lots of debates on the class about this submission, but it was finally agreed a text that reflected the class position and discussions at Erquy , where last F18 Worlds were held in July 2010. Tornado class members were present at that meeting too.-
First mission is to have Multis back, then start to discuss which boat, in my personal opinion, the Tornado Class is in a good position for a comeback in 2016, but we need to start working for the future as soon as the Multis are selected again (hopefully)
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Reporting Committee – Events Other Committee – Equipment Submission: 101-10

Equipment for the Olympic Sailing Competition
Multihull for the Olympic Sailing Competition
A submission from the International Formula 18 Class Association

Proposal
1. The International Formula 18 catamaran association (IF18CA) support the re-introduction of multihulls in the Olympic Games.
2. The IF18CA does not support selection of any current F18 design as Olympic Class.
3. The IF18CA support the selection of a 20 foot catamaran for men events and/or a 16 foot for women or mixed events.

Current Position
As the leading and fastest growing multihull Association, the IF18CA fully support the reintroduction of the multihull into the Olympic regatta. The Association believe that the multihull offers a distinct discipline, different from other monohull class and is worthy of inclusion to the Olympic regatta."

The IF18CA support the selection of a 20 foot catamaran for men and a 16 foot catamaran for women or mixed, both designs would be tailored for the medal race show and producing the best impact for the spectators and media.

Reason
A lot of harmony currently exists in the multihull scene. The selected design for the Olympics will represent the pinnacle of our sailing community, with top sailors sailing the best one design catamaran. They will be “our heroes on the top of the multihull pyramid"

The F18 fleet is a great class for thousands of club sailors and some professional sailors, mixing different kind of events such as long distance races or 'round the cans' races where various boat designs compete on elapsed time. The open design rule is strongly powered and is promoted commercially by many manufacturers on each continent which is developing the class. The F18 class is definitely the development class for builders and the “rendez vous point” for all kinds of sailors.

One of the major reasons unanimously shared by the class is that if one F18 design is selected as Olympic support, it will definitely give a technical and commercial advantage to the selected manufacturer and therefore threaten all other builders and sailors using other designs.
The F18 box rules allow any builder, even non professional builders, to enter the class on a fair basis. This is clearly expressed in the F18 class rules introduction guide line and principal.
The box measurement rule allows manufacturers to develop catamarans that are competitively priced yet allowing freedom to builders to develop higher levels of performance. Being open to any manufacturer allows many builders and sail makers to compete and so keep costs to a minimum.
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Submission as sent to ISAF by IF18CA Gral Secretary, James Baeckler-
Link to ISAF Doc http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/10110F18fortheOlympics-%5B9385%5D.pdf

F18 NL Style

F20 Carbon - Movies

Formula 18 Finnish Class Championships 2010

Fw: Speers Point Regatta

Speers Point Regatta

Hi all

This weekend we will have about 15 F18s sailing in the Speers Point Regatta on Lake Macquarie in NSW. This will be event 4 of the NSW Travellers' Series. The details for the event are;

Entry fee $30 seniors

Registration Saturday 0930 - 1330

Briefing Saturday 1200

Race Session 1 Saturday 1357 Warning signal

Race Session 2 Sunday 0957 Warning signal

Race Session 3 Sunday 1327 Warning signal

Camping sites for 10 tents on Saturday night but notify the club before the weekend.

Dinner at the pub 1900 Saturday night,

See you Saturday

Leanne Gould

Fw: Wet and Wild at Forster

Wet and Wild at Forster

The camping gear should be dried out by now after yet another Forster Wildcat Regatta in the rain. We all arrived Thursday and Friday to set up camp for a weekend sailing party. Twelve F18s joined the fleet of about 80 catamarans sailing in the regatta. Brett Goodall and Christa travelled from Bendigo, Victoria to compete but they got mixed up and brought the wrong boat. The sailed a F16 Viper. Andrew Holden made the trip from Queensland and we had Adam Beashel sailing on the Pellews boat. All the families and friends came to join in the fun. In fact our F18 group had more people there for the party than actually sailing. A new bloke called "Spike" distills homemade rum and his OP chocolate rum got the party started on Friday night. Regrettably it had a devastating affect on the opposition Saturday morning.

After several hours floating about, Saturday's racing was abandoned due to lack of wind. As to be expected the Nor'easter kicked in just as we reached the shore. This was not a total catastrophe because many of the competitors were a little jaded after partying too hard on Friday night. Saturday was a very early night and we woke to a fresh Nor'easter on Sunday.

Four races back to back in the fresh conditions tested our endurance. Monday was more of the same with two races held in a 15kts Nor'easter. Yet again the Brewins sailing the new C2 dominated the F18 fleet with a score 1,DNF,1,1,1,1. Kyle and Grant came second with 5,2,2,3,2,2 proving that an old Tiger with well used sails is still very competitive in the right hands. James and Pete sailing a Nacra came third with 3,1,7,2,5,3. For the rest of the results and photos go to the Forster website http://forstersailing.blogspot.com/

We are expecting even more boats at the next regatta. The Rod and Jason Waterhouse will be sailing 2 new Hobie Wildcats and hope to make it to our next regatta at Speers Point.

This was the third event of the Travellers' series. Our first event was at SFS Brass monkey's Regatta. Event 2 at Kurnell and Event 3 Wildcat.

Coming Up

October 23-24 Speers Point Regatta (camping and billeting available)

November 6-7 Top Gun Regatta Kurnell (camping)

November 13-14 F18 NSW State titles at the Bullets Regatta Palm Beach

November 27 28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla (unofficial camping)

January 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5-6 Trial Bay Regatta ( Darren Lowder Memorial) (national park camping booking essential)

April 17 Darren Lowder Memorial Kurnell

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

Wildcat Regatta

Wildcat Regatta, Foster NSW, This Long Weekend

Hi all

Everybody is looking forward to Wildcat regatta this long weekend at Forster. Camping is available from 1200 hrs Friday to 1200 hrs Tuesday. There will be one briefing at 1300 hrs Saturday and racing from 1000 hrs on Sunday and Monday with a presentation Monday afternoon.

The fees for the event have been changed to include ALL NSW National Park fees (camping and car). Fees are $90 for a 1 person boat and $100 for a 2 person boat. These fees include camping and car access to the park as well as race fees. Everything is available at the club; hot showers, water, meals, snacks, soft drinks and alcohol.

All the family is welcome for the whole weekend. The regatta is hosted by the Great Lakes Sailing Club on Wallis Lake. For any addition information and maps on the location go to there blog site at http://forstersailing.blogspot.com/

We should have a big turn out of F18s and I look forward to seeing you all on the water.

Leanne Gould

F18 Newsletter

NSW Traveller's Series Update

Hi all

Event 2. The second event of the Traveller's series was hosted by Kurnell Cat Club on the 12th September. We sailed two races back to back with a windward return course. The sun shone and a steady 15kt nor'easter kept a smile on everyone's faces. We were happy to welcome two new boats to the fleet. Peter Lane and crew Gary were sailing on a brand new C2 and John Flewin with crew John Flewin sailed on a Capricorn. The event was won by Trevor Lowder with Richard Brewin as crew on Trev's Capricorn F,n Crazy(1,1). Equal 2nd was Greg and Kez (3,2) and Kyle and Grant (2,3). Paul and Pete were 4th sailing on the black boat (4,4) and Stuart and I were 5th (5,5). The two new blokes had a few problems in the first race and both came equal 6th with a DNF and DNS. The full results with the times are attached.

Coming Up

October 2-4 Forster Wildcat Regatta The warm weather is upon us so lets all get into our bikinis and boardies and head up the coast for the long weekend. What can I say,.. Rhode island, Cowes, Lake Garda, Forster.. the big names on the international circuit. Everybody who is anybody will be there. Greg Goodall is reported to be flying back from Europe for this big event and will be sailing on the new C2. Laura Baldwin and Chris Caldercoat will be flying in from San Francisco and they will be sailing there new boat. The NSW locals will be there in force and a few banana benders and threatening come south across the border. We are expecting over ten F18s. For the uninitiated Forster is a legendary three day catamaran event usually drawing a fleet of between 50 and 100 boats. It has been running for over 30 years and is a perfect blend of competition, party and camping. National park camping is available from Friday to Monday and the club run a canteen and bar over the weekend. For the grand final of the footie they rig a wide screen TV and everybody joins the party. The event is popular with families and sailors of all ages.

I have been asking around and at this stage these are the boats that are coming; 1 James and Pete, 2 Kyle and Grant, 3 Stuart and I, 4 Grantly and crew, 5 Brewins, 6 Trevor Lowder, 7 Nissens, 8 Ian Simpson, 9 Morgo, 10 Henk and Spike, 11 Laura and Chris, 12 Greg Goodall, 13 some Queensland bloke, 14 Brett White and 15 Glen Towndrow. Peter Lane and Terry aren't coming. I don't know about John Flewin and Greg and Kez.

October 23-24 Speers point Regatta Seven F18s now race from Speers Point so we have a ready made fleet before the visitors arrive. Camping is available for this regatta and F18 sailors have offered billeting to anyone needing a place to stay. Just let me know and we can sort something out. Last year about 40 of us went to the pub for dinner and it was very enjoyable.

November 6-7 Top Gun Regatta Kurnell Great wind and camping is available.

November 13-14 NSW F18 State Titles Palm Beach Beware the Bullets Regatta

November 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla camping available

Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford sailing Club

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5-6 Trial Bay Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta (South West Rocks)

April 17 Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Kurnell

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

Event 2 Kurnell 12.09.10

 

NSW F18 Newsletter 6th September 10

Hi All

 

Brass Monkeys Regatta We all had a great time at the Brass Monkeys Regatta over a week ago. 5-10kts and sunshine were the perfect tonic for the winter blues and ten F18s turned up to sail in the weekend regatta at the Sydney Flying Squadron. It was a great family event and the girls and the kids enjoyed the spectator ferry and the live music.

 

Results Steve and Richard Brewin won the regatta in the new C2 with a score of 1,1,1,1. In second place was Greg and Kez (3,2,2,3) and James and Pete 3rd (2,3,5,2). The other placing were; 4th Kyle and Grant (8,4,3,6), 5th Leanne and Stuart (5,7,4,7), 6th Morgans (7,6,7,5) 7th Ian Simpson and Neil (9,10,6,4) 8th Brett White and Lachie (4,5,11,11), 9th Henk and Spike (6,8,8,11) and 10th Glen and James (10,9,11,11).

 

Presentation dinner On Saturday night our group of fifty took over the club restaurant for our presentation dinner for last season. Greg Goodall from Australian High Performance Catamarans generously donated the major prize of a new spinnaker that was won by the Nissens. The family were over the moon. Thank you Greg! James and Clo Ogilvie from Magic Marine donated sailing gear to the value of $1500 for the other prizes. As well as donating the prizes the Ogilvies helped organize this event and the travellers series and Clo took many great photographs which can be seen on the new website James and Kyle have set up. James has made a major contribution of his time and skills to build the F18 fleet in NSW and we all appreciate his outstanding commitment to the class. The evening was a great kick off to the season.

 

Next The second event of the travellers series is next Sunday 12 September at Kurnell Catamaran Club. Two races back to back with a briefing at 12 noon and 1.00pm start. We tried to organize a training weekend but wasn't practical this early in the season so we will participate in Kurnells first event for the sailing season.

 

Coming Up Get your camping gear ready for the Wildcat regatta at Forster over the October long weekend (2nd-4th Oct). We should have a big turn out for this event.

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

F18 Newsletter

NSW F18 News

Hi All

Brass Monkeys Regatta We all had a great time at the Brass Monkeys Regatta over a week ago. 5-10kts and sunshine were the perfect tonic for the winter blues and ten F18s turned up to sail in the weekend regatta at the Sydney Flying Squadron. It was a great family event and the girls and the kids enjoyed the spectator ferry and the live music.

Results Steve and Richard Brewin won the regatta in the new C2 with a score of 1,1,1,1. In second place was Greg and Kez (3,2,2,3) and James and Pete 3rd (2,3,5,2). The other placing were; 4th Kyle and Grant (8,4,3,6), 5th Leanne and Stuart (5,7,4,7), 6th Morgans (7,6,7,5) 7th Ian Simpson and Neil (9,10,6,4) 8th Brett White and Lachie (4,5,11,11), 9th Henk and Spike (6,8,8,11) and 10th Glen and James (10,9,11,11).

Presentation dinner On Saturday night our group of fifty took over the club restaurant for our presentation dinner for last season. Greg Goodall from Australian High Performance Catamarans generously donated the major prize of a new spinnaker that was won by the Nissens. The family were over the moon. Thank you Greg! James and Clo Ogilvie from Magic Marine donated sailing gear to the value of $1500 for the other prizes. As well as donating the prizes the Ogilvies helped organize this event and the travellers series and Clo took many great photographs which can be seen on the new website James and Kyle have set up. James has made a major contribution of his time and skills to build the F18 fleet in NSW and we all appreciate his outstanding commitment to the class. The evening was a great kick off to the season.

Next The second event of the travellers series is next Sunday 12 September at Kurnell Catamaran Club. Two races back to back with a briefing at 12 noon and 1.00pm start. We tried to organize a training weekend but wasn't practical this early in the season so we will participate in Kurnells first event for the sailing season.

Coming Up Get your camping gear ready for the Wildcat regatta at Forster over the October long weekend (2nd-4th Oct). We should have a big turn out for this event.

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

Brass Monkey 2010 Regatta

To all,

Final results are yet to come but pics have now been posted from last weekends Brass Monkey Regatta.

Click the HERE or the MEDIA tab for a smaller selection of pics 

or 

Follow this link http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7777752/2/F18%20Catamarans/Brass%20monkey%202010?h=9531c3 for the full selection

F18 Weekend Regatta

This Weekend "Brass Monkey Regatta"

Hi All

The forecast looks good for the weekend regatta with about 9 -14 kts each day, sunshine and 18oC. Perfect to kick off the season!

Boats; At this stage we have 9 F18s definitely coming and an extra 3 probably coming, so we should have a good fleet.

Racing; Depending on the wind they will run 2 races each day back to back, with windward to leeward courses. Start times are ; 1300hrs Saturday 1100hrs Sunday. That should suit us just fine.

Ferry; Change of time for the ferry. It will now leave at 12.45hrs and return about 3.30pm on Saturday. On Sunday it will leave at 1045hrs. The ferry is BYO food and drinks. At this stage about 20 of our group will be on the ferry.

Entertainment; The band Latin Fire will be playing on the wharf from about 3.30 until about 5.30pm to entertain the girls while we get off the water. On Sunday jazz duo John Morrison and Jackie Cooper will be launching their new CD.

Presentation; Saturday after sailing and before dinner we will have the presentation downstairs on the wharf.

Dinner; 7pm at present we have 54 people booked. Please let me know if you are coming.

SFS As a member of the Sydney Flying Squadron I welcome you all to our club. It is the oldest open boat sailing club in Australia and believes that sailing is a spectator sport for the whole family. We hope you all have a great weekend.

See you on Saturday

Leanne Gould