I get a feeling that there is something to know here.

So I went to the Miami Key Largo homepage : http://miamiyachtclub.net/regattas/miamikeylargo/race.htm

And looked up the race results : http://miamiyachtclub.net/regattas/miamikeylargo/mklresults2007.pdf


And what do you know :

Luke Lawrence, sailing a Blade F16, finished 7th on handicap in a fleet of 42 beach cats. In this fleet 24 cats were 19, 20, 21, 23, 27 and 30 feet in length. Luke and his crew beat 17 of them on elapsed time ! Who said the Blade F16 can't do distance races in light winds and be competitive ?

And he did it in 5-10 mph winds. Was Luke sailing with Caroline Wright ?

Also note the other youth sailor Sarah Newbury on the tornado at 3rd spot in both listings. The youths are doing excellent here.

Results on handicap are (first 10)

-1- Roberts, Eric RC-30 5:21:34
-2- Philips, Michael Marstrom M-20 5:20:02
[color:"blue"]-3- Newberry, Sarah Tornado 5:51:03 [/color]
-4- Sonnenklar, Jay Inter-20 6:11:01
-5- Mayo, Clive Marstrom M-18 6:25:44
-7- Moss, Bret A Class + SPIN 6:27:01
[color:"red"]-8- Lawrence, Luke Blade F16 (2-up) 6:35:02 [/color]


On elapsed time the results are (first 10):

-1- Roberts, Eric RC-30 2:50:45
-2- Philips, Michael Marstrom M-20 3:05:37
[color:"blue"] -3- Newberry, Sarah Tornado 3:27:07 [/color]
-4- Sonnenklar, Jay Inter-20 3:40:01
-5- Sonneklar, Jared Inter-20 3:59:05
-6- Mayo, Clive Marstrom M-18 3:59:09
-7- Moss, Bret A Class + SPIN 3:59:57
-8- Greene, Terry Inter-20 4:01:47
-9-Leonard, Joe Inter-20 4:02:15
[color:"red"]-10- Lawrence, Luke Blade F16 (2-up) 4:17:34 [/color]


Also note how close the doublehanded F16 stayed to the singlehanded M-18 and A-cat+spi, again in 5-10 mph winds ? At least all that carbon looks good ! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Wouter