Ehh Thomm,

I know the common perception of outsiders is that all F16's sailros are just imaginairy wannabees but there are actually a couple of us who have been trapping under spinnaker for a number of years now. Simon and Gary being to obvious examples. Simon even doing it on his Nacra 17 before he switch over to F16's. Now I'm not one of them but I'm also not discarding what seems to work well for them. Gary has beaten Greg Goodall over the line on quite a few seperate occasions ! That is a hell lot more then you and I and the majority of US Nacra 17 sailors are able to do when either sitting in or trapping out. If guys like Gary say that it works for them then I believe them.

We can also turn this around you know; maybe you Nacra 17 guys need to sail properly !

Here is Gary leading two F18's for I believe a line honours or 2nd place over the line :

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Here from another angle ;

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This guy is not "analysing" it but actually doing it with impressive results.

Wouter

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