Nop as the F17 doesn't exist.

It could be a Nacra 17 vs F16 thing but no more then that.






That is true. The best F16 sailors are in the UK, Australia and Asia and no nacra 17's worth mentioning there !

Hell, just last weekend we had a class race simultaniously in Florida USA and Wales UK. You were welcome to bring your boat to either event ! Missed you at the JPOR event last weekend, we had a class of F16's for you to race there !

So I guess it is indeed up the F16 class to grow towards that local club at lake michigan or else we'll never see a true head to head between these boats. Moreso as the US nacra 17 doesn't appear to be imported to Europe anyway. And it certainly won't be imported to other area's in the world.



For the remainder :"Them are pretty big words for a local 15 boat fleet at one US lake !" Lets hope that the nacra 17's can match up to their own claims for I certainly won't claim any of that for either the A's, 18's or the F16. For just last weekend we saw A's beating F16's (in the very light stuff) and F16's beating A's (in the other then light stuff). So we're still not favouring either boat over all conditions.





You ARE aware that the F16 alu mast is lighter than that 30' carbon mast ? Actually the Carbon section itself is already havier then the whole F16 alu mast ! Maybe, I shouldn't tell you how much lighter the F16 carbon mast is !

Ahhh, why not. F16 carbon (stealth F16) weights overall 13 kg and it may not get any lighter than that because of class rules. And therefor it is at least 4 kg lighter then yours.

I guess the nacra 17 carbon mast has the best of both worlds ! Heavier then alu and double the price.

Where are you now !

Give us a few years and we'll show up for a proper showdown ! A whole new generation of F16 sailors is being bred as we speak.

Wouter