Just thought I would add a little to this conversation as it is predominately about me.

Firstly congratulations to Helge and Christian Sach they sailed a faultless and very impressive regatta at the F18 Worlds and are very deserving champions.

Glenn and I lost this years F18 Worlds in the qualifying series. Actually race 6, we went the wrong way on the first upwind. We went right and the breeze came in from the left..We got it wrong! We were going the wrong way fast and finished 18th. Game over. Unfortunately for us it was still in the qualifying split fleet series and our main competition (Sach's, Mourniac, Echavarri) were not in this race and did not also suffer a high score as they were in the next heat and the breeze had settled in by the time they raced.

This left only 3 races in the final series to pull back 18 points. Big job. We went for it. We had 3 perfect risky pin end starts under black flag and finished 3,3,1. Sachs were the only ones that did not crack under the pressure and held on. That’s why they are champions.

Glenn and I will be sailing a standard Tiger rigged the same as we had for 2004, 2005 and 2006 at the 2007 F18 Worlds as we want to win.

Bundy