The yardsticks for the F14 (among others) have just been posted by the Victorian Yachting Council, for the coming season, 2007 – 2008.
On the comparative results over the past four seasons the F14 yardstick has been reduced from 77 to 76. The difference between 77 and 76, at this level is a fairly large jump and is reflective of the consistently competitive performances of the F14 against the larger cats with which they compete.
Noted also the F16 yardstick has been adjusted upwards from 71 to 71.5 which is slowly bringing the “result driven” comparison between the F14 and the F16 closer together.
When the 76 rating of the F14 is compared to cats such as Hobie 14 at 94.50, Hobie 16 at 81.50, Taipan 4.9 cat rigged at 76.5, and most of the 14’ cats up in the high 80’s and low 90’s, it says a lot for the proven performance of the F14 as the fastest 14’ cat ever, and still with potential to perform even better.
As a simple comparison this means that an F14 could give a Hobie 14 an 18-minute start in a 100-minute race and still finish across the line over a half a minute ahead of them. For a 14’ cat that’s pretty “awesome”!

YARDSTICKS 2006 – 2007
A CLASS. 71.00
ARAFURA. 113.00
ARROW. 91.00
CALYPSO 14A. 93.00
CALYPSO 14R. 92.50
CALYPSO 16. 85.50
CALYPSO 4.4. 85.00
CAPER CAT. 103.00
COBRA. 84.00
DOLPHIN. 85.00
F14. 76.00
F16. 71.50
F18. 70.00
HOBIE 14. 94.50
HOBIE 16. 81.50
HOBIE 17. 82.50
HOBIE 18. 78.50
HOBIE TURBO. 88.50
KITTY CAT. 99.00
MARICAT 4.3 CAT. 94.00
MARICAT 4.3 SLOOP. 92.00
MARICAT 5.0. 80.00
MOSQUITO (ALL). 84.00
MOSQUITO - With Spinnaker. 80.00
NACRA 14 sq. 84.50
NACRA 16sq. 79.50
NACRA 5.0. 81.00
NACRA INT 17. 72.50
NACRA 5.8. 72.00
NACRA 5.8 with Spin. 70.00
PAPER TIGER. 91.50
SCAT. 96.00
TAIPAN 4.9 CAT. 76.50
TAIPAN 4.9 SLOOP. 73.50
TAIPAN 5.7. 70.00
TAIPAN 5.7 with Spin. 67.50
TORNADO Post 2002. 65.00
YVONNE. 85.50
WINDRUSH 14 SLOOP. 91.0