I would like to thank ALL who attended this was a great effort by everyone.I would also like to thank Portland Sailing club for their efforts.Racing was tight all weekend you could of thrown a blanket over the whole fleet. Looking forward to the next event.

Boy those Mozzies are quick down wind.

for those interested
1 Viper (sloop)
2 Blade (cat)
3 Blade (cat)
4 Taipan (cat)
5 Blade (cat)
6 Taipan (sloop)
7 Taipan (sloop)
8 Mozzie (cat)
9 Taipan (sloop)
10 Taipan (cat)
11 Mozzie (cat)
12 Mozzie (cat)

Thanks Again to all Attended.

Hi all,

just got home. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

What a great regatta <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Will be working on a right up, but firstly thanks to Gordon and Jenny for organising the location, Portland Y.C. for running a great regatta and the local Taipan sailors that gave their sailing time to go in the start and rescue boats <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

David and Wendy at the Henty Bay Van and Cabin Park for the fantastic hospitality, feeding us all Friday night with the biggest chicken stew ever <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. Keep breeding those rabbits <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Any sailors that are down that way make sure you stay and talk sailing with Dave, he has plenty of spare time <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />.

Hi all,

Gordon sent me the attached results with a bit more detail of boat types. Sure you all want the most info. available <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


F-16 Vic States Portland 5th & 6th.April 2008

Scratch Results Progressive
Sail No. Boat Type Skipper Boat Name State Yacht Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Position

AUS 113 Viper F-16 Sloop L. Goodall Viper 1 Victoria PMYC 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 8 1
AUS 404 Blade F-16 Cat T. Barrett The Pork Hunt South Aust ASC 6 3 3 4 1 1 3 2 13 2
AUS 400 Blade F-16 Cat G. Maskiell Formula Cat Aus Victoria GLYC 1 7 2 6 8 5 4 DNF 25 3
AUS 332 Taipe F-16 Cat D. James ? South Aust ASC 2 2 5 11 DNF 2 9 5 25 4
AUS 405 Blade F-16 Cat M. Towell Vertigo South Aust VHYC 9 9 8 5 2 4 2 4 25 5
AUS 322 Taipan Sloop w/kite* G. Barrett Tasi Oki Victoria FYC 5 5 6 8 7 10 5 3 31 6
AUS 65 Taipan Sloop w/kite* J. McDonald Macatak Victoria FYC 4 8 7 3 6 7 6 6 32 7
1789 Mosquitto Cat w/kite* N. Joiner Immunity Victoria GLYC 7 5 4 9 4 11 11 8 37 8
AUS 334 Taipan Sloop w/kite* C. Johnson 4 Play Victoria FYC DNF 11 9 2 9 8 8 7 43 9
AUS 259 Taipan Cat w/kite ** J. Demeo Where the Fox Victoria AWYC 8 4 11 7 DNF 6 10 DNF 46 10
1775 Mosquitto Cat w/kite* T. Shepperd Karma Cat Victoria GLYC 10 10 10 10 5 9 7 9 50 11
1740 Mosquitto Cat w/kite* M. Kirby Jurassic Karp Victoria WYC DNC DNC DNC 12 10 12 12 10 69 12





* Denotes standard boat with addition of a kite
** Ran old style "pin head" main


Conditions where first 5 races Sat. Flat water shifty gusty offshore wind starting at average 8 knots building to 15kts and dying out to 8 knots again. Last 3 races Sunday on shore winds with small swell and building chop, winds starting av.8 knots building to 12 knots. Nearly all races the wind was strong enough for trapezing upwind nearly all the time, for most sailors. All races windward and returns 2laps with finish times as short as 20 minutes.

Quick conclusions from the regatta from my view point are.

Starts where important with short races, fairly obvious I guess.

The best crewed boat won.

The difference in straight line speed, between different designs in the conditions was negligible.

Between 10 and 15 knots the difference between one up and two up boats is crew work.

One up and two up boats can race very closely.

Trapezing down wind, one or two up is the fastest way <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />, once wind is sufficent, aprox. 10 knots when sailing with swell and only made bigger difference as wind increased to 15 knots. One and two up boats where seen trapezing downwind, sailing 5 degrees lower and faster <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> than those sitting on the side.

Nearly every body had a look at the front at some stage, with many finishes only seconds seperated positions.

The Mossies where allways ready to show the Faster? F16's when they made a mistake, by leading around the first mark on one occasion and passing many down wind <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />.

The South Australians will be hard to beat in the future as they get more experience on F16's. Tony had never sailed a Blade before, Danny had not sailed for 2 months and still recovering from foot operation, Marcus hadn't sailed a Blade since Zandvoort. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Race 1

8-10 knots N

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	22:45
2	332	Red one	D James	22:46
3	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	23:17
4	65	Macatak	J McDonald	23:26
5	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	23:27
6	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	23:35
7	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	25:16
8	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	25:23
9	405	Vertigo	M Towell	26:12
10	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	27:03
DNF	334	4 Play	C Johnson
DNC	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby

Race 2

8-12 knots N

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	27:03
2	332	Red one	D James	27:10
3	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	27:17
4	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	28:05
5	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	28:08
5	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	28:08
7	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	28:22
8	65	Macatak	J McDonald	28:23
9	405	Vertigo	M Towell	28:26
10	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	30:33
11	334	4 Play	C Johnson	31:10
DNC	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby

Race 3

12-15 knots N

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	20:28
2	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	22:23
3	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	22:29
4	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	22:35
5	332	Red one	D James	23:03
6	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	23:28
7	65	Macatak	J McDonald	23:32
8	405	Vertigo	M Towell	23:34
9	334	4 Play	C Johnson	23:35
10	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	24:07
11	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	24:32
DNC	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby

Race 4

15 knots N

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	21:03
2	334	4 Play	C Johnson	22:16
3	65	Macatak	J McDonald	23:06
4	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	24:12
5	405	Vertigo	M Towell	24:19
6	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	24:24
7	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	25:02
8	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	25:05
9	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	25:07
10	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	25:09
11	332	Red one	D James	25:17
12	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby	25:33

Race 5

13-15 knots N

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	23:22
2	405	Vertigo	M Towell	23:23
3	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	23:33
4	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	24:19
5	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	24:21
6	65	Macatak	J McDonald	24:25
7	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	24:29
8	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	24:33
9	334	4 Play	C Johnson	26:01
10	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby	26:33
DNF	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo
DNF	332	Red one	D James

Race 6

Wind 15 knots at 180 deg

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	20:29
2	332	Red one	D James	21:01
3	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	21:28
4	405	Vertigo	M Towell	21:33
5	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	22:02
6	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	22:22
7	65	Macatak	J McDonald	22:26
8	334	4 Play	C Johnson	23:23
9	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	24:01
10	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	25:10
11	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	26:02
12	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby	27:04

Race 7

Wind 16 knots at 180 deg

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	23:30
2	405	Vertigo	M Towell	23:32
3	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	24:07
4	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	24:13
5	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	24:29
6	65	Macatak	J McDonald	24:35
7	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	25:05
8	334	4 Play	C Johnson	26:07
9	332	Red one	D James	26:09
10	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	26:17
11	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	26:19
12	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby	29:18

Race 8

Wind 14 knots at 180 deg

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd
1	113	Viper 1	L Goodall	21:13
2	404	The Pork Hunt	T Barrett	22:10
3	322	Tasi Oki	G Barrett	22:34
4	405	Vertigo	M Towell	22:35
5	332	Red one	D James	23:16
6	65	Macatak	J McDonald	23:35
7	334	4 Play	C Johnson	24:03
8	1789	Immunity	N Joiner	24:12
9	1775	Karma Cat	T Shepperd	24:16
10	1740	Jurassic Karp	M Kirby	27:23
DNF	259	Wear the Fox Hat	J Demeo	&nbsp
DNF	400	Formula Cats Aus	G Maskiell	&nbsp

The sailors

The start crew

Leave it up to Aussies to come up with creative sailnumbers and boat names <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> :
"2 - 404 - The Pork Hunt - T Barrett - 22:10"

Thats Laurie at the wheel - Portland Yacht Club Commodore, Brad Hein (Taipan 4.9 Cat), Luke Donovan (Taipan 4.9 Sloop),
And Fred Baker (Flying Fifteen and father of Dennis Baker)

One good story from weekend I think is, I think Col Johnson, broke off a chainplate prior while rigging, these are the screw in type on the later model Taipans, Brad Hein, being a fitter, went to work, Kempe Engineering, and made a new one in half hour, screwed straight in and away they went. The Hein family (Brad, and especially his parents are always the first to jump in and lend a hand and get you going again, have done since I was a kid, sailing juniors. Great people and great friends.

You guys were not kidding about boats being often only seconds apart !

Wow, looks like some excellent racing !

Nice fleet of 12, nice spread in winds, no blow-outs or drifters for a change.

Well done !

Wouter

P.S. Tim, can you tell us how you made that nice table ?

I would like to see the F16 class propose a rule that states Marcus can add a jib to his boat and race one up as a sloop. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Quote - Leave it up to Aussies to come up with creative sailnumbers and boat names :
"2 - 404 - The Pork Hunt - T Barrett - 22:10"

He was hunting down a fat pig....... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Steve - no jib required....i just sailed like an old dog on the first day & managed to blow out some cobwebs on the second day.

Excellent conditions for F16 racing & boy was it tough going.

The event was clearly won by boat handling, not boat speed.

Something I need more practice at..... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

That's just an HTML table included in my post. In the drop down box just above where you enter the text for a post I changed it to "using HTML" (instead of "using UBBCode").