I think the Falcon F16 was the fastest rated boat in the whole fleet so the position of Gill and Kathleen can only improve if different handicap is used.

Other then that I think the 5 bullets in 7 races by Carolijn and Liz sort of suggests that they didn't depend to much on their handicap number. Chris and Georgina are always fast (high scores) no matter on what boat type they are so same reasoning there I guess.

We may find that things would turn out only slightly different under F16 ratings as most boats in the top 10 are Viper F16's and would all get the same mods, thus leaving their relative placings unaffected.

Personally, I don't see the 3rd place Spitfire with 24 points jump to second place (at 14 points); the gap seems to big for that.

Wouter