St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club in Panama City, Florida is also a possible venue. It seems that a large number of the F16 class members are located in the southeast so this might be a good alternative. If there is an interest in this, I would be happy to pursue as I am the Rear Cmdre of the club. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Chris,
Thanks for the offer. STABYC is definetly on the radar as a great venue. You are right and have identified the single drawback to Roton Point relative to the existing F16 fleets in the US. However, it is also an opportunity for the F16 racers to promote the class in a developing region that has an active dealer.
As a class, we will be obligied to support the Great Lakes region in the future via a Nationals. Of course, they are probably wiped right now and it may be the last thing on their mind.
Perhaps we can map out 2012 and 2013 (2014?) through this discussion? I personally think it would be fair to alternate between Northern & Southern venues so that fleets/racers are not having to travel great distances successive years. Any in between venues would count as an off year.
