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Performance is now owned by a European group and may or may not be doing anyhting with their manufacturing.



Their policy is pretty clear now;

Their focus in order of listing is :

-1- Infusion F18 (F18 in general)
-2- Nacra Inter-20 US rig
-3- Nacra 500
-4- Nacra 570

-5- maybe a little inter-17 or F17 or whatever it will be called in EU.

The rest is going out the door.

But very little has happened on the 17 foot front in the last few years.

The nacra Inter-20 thing (US rig) is a bit unconvincing at this moment. The intent is clear , they want to establish a new ISAF class with the Inter-20 US rig in OD status. But I'm not too sure that the EU market is supporting this. There were 17 Inter-20 US at Texel and 19 Inter-20 EU's + 15 F20 which are 90 % inter-20 EU anyway. Basically of the 47 to 52 Inter-20's at Texel only 17 of them sailed with the US rig when the rig conversion had been initiated 2 or 3 years ago. France, Australia and other regions in the world see no 20 foot racing next to the Tornado AT ALL. The UK I-20 fleet has largely switched to F18's I'm told. You'll need these area's for full ISAF recognition.

The next 3 years will make or break this intended Inter-20 ISAF recognized class.

Wouter

Last edited by Wouter; 06/27/07 11:31 AM.

Wouter Hijink
Formula 16 NED 243 (one-off; homebuild)
The Netherlands