| Formula 16 What's New ! |
| Last updated : 10 december 2005 |
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| Contact Formula 16 project group at : [email protected] |
| Created by : project group, 31 december 2001 |
| Currently all 4 F16 HP designs are represented in the David and Goliath Cup for the season 2001/2002 |
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| Special offer New 2002 BIM F 16's for US$ 8500,- Includes: carbon mast, genaker kit, beach trolley, trampoline cover, duties and taxes. Excludes Norfolk (VA) freight. For info : [email protected] |
| Special offer Stealth marines pure F 16 HP for US$ 9250 inc. tax Includes: tapered carbon mast, genaker, beach trolly, trampoline cover, selftacking jib, T-foil rudders For Info; [email protected] |
| The Tech corner will now also focus on how to best retrofit grandfathered boats. The first article is about the Genaker mast setup. Over the next year will try to regulary expanded these articles |
| The UK F16HP class assocition and NL F16 HP class association have made a start-up. US soon |
| Read the Sailing magazine testreports and real life reports about F16 HP's from the sailors themselfs |
| The first Formula 16 HP race will be held in the USA at either lake Hartwell (Georgia) or "After Worrell regatta", Virginnia, both spring 2002. Already 5 Teams listed; 3 US and 2 EU teams. More expected. |
| Another Special offer US Demo BIM F 16 for US$ 6500,- A Cat Rig, Riba Carbon Fiber Mast, Bimare (brand new) Main Sail, Bimare Spinnaker (red/white), 230-240 pnds. For info : [email protected] |
| Now two fully optimized designs can be ordered at two different boat yards. First Stealth F16 and now a Bim F16 can be ordered to F16 specs. Without the jib though, they feel that that's slower under the rule |
| Another Special offer US Taipan 4.9 sloop for SOLD !!! (US$ 7500,-) Build 2000, Spare mast & rigging, Kevlar hulls & carbon foils, stored inside. Spi = + 1K.. For info : [email protected] |
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| oktober 2001 |
| late oktober 2001 |
| November 2001 |
| December 2001 |
| Newyear 2002 ! |
| F16HP catamarans Photo gallery redesigned and optimized. And a few new pictures added !!! |
| Creation of What's NEW page. The welcome page got to crowded. |
| A summary of the class rules added to the top of the Formula 16 HP class rules webpage. For simplicity |
| Speaking Good Boat (hull speed and beyond); dunking the Froude law with respect to cats and kayaks |
| New Spitfire test report added to the Testreport page. This one is of Yacht and Yachting magazine (UK) |
| Januari 2002 |
| Improving readability of the class rules, now with pictures and simplified wording. Being created. |
| Februari 2002 |
| Formula 16 HP Class rules page redesigned and optimized for reading. More rewording expected after vote |
| Updated the index welcome page. And renewed the Bimare F16 demo offer for the USA. |
| A new article about properly rigging the Taipan 4.9 made by David Swingle and others. Lots of pictures |
| March 2002 |
| General overhaul of the Formula 16 HP website. Each will be updated over the next two weeks. |
| New pictures uploaded to the Stealth F16 picture webpage, taken at the London RYA boat show |
| April 2002 |
| The pictures of the Spring Fever Regatta 2002 are online ; lots of F16hp's, F18's, F18HT's and others |
| A thorough statistical analysis of the optimal overall weight of Taipan 4.9's and indirectly the F16 HP's |
| New Stealth F16 pictures (also sailing pictures) added to the Stealth F16 boat show page. |
| Much needed listing on the weight of each spi setup component as well as the overall weight. |
| May 2002 |
| Added new photo's to the Spitfire photo page, taken at Carnac Eurocat 2002 regatta (may 2002) |
| Updated the F16HP David and Goliath Cup page with new race results; the race is on. |
| How to ventilate your hulls in unsheltered conditions without gethering sand and debrie in your hulls |
| June 2002 |
| !!! Holliday time for the webmaster !!! |
| July 2002 |
| A tempting hint towards the future : go to www.bimarecatamarani.com and look at the banner for "new 2003 Javelin 16" ; could this be the announcement of the first wave piercing hull in the Formula 16 class. |
| September 2002 |
| Currently the Formula 16 HPclass is in the proces of evaluating the rules after the first year of sailing. Participate in the discussions on the F16 forum or read the proposed new rules ! |
| Oktober 2002 |
| The Swiss catamaran yard Ventilo has just launched her 5 mtr (16 ft.) Ventilo Zipo. Click to learn more. |
| December 2002 |
| Pictures made at the Paris boatshow 2002 of the Ventilo Zipo, Mattia Dynacat 16, Swell Spiffire and the BCM Cirrus Energy are posted at their individual webpages on this Formula 16 website. |
| Februari 2003 |
| The second inaugural F16 event has been held at the Kurnell Catamaran club in New South Wales Australia. Click for the F16 NSW State titles results, Open class results (inc F16), distance race results. Or go to the F16 forum post for a summary of the results. |
| The newest member to the Formula 16 class organisation is the New South African F16 class. Steve Mellet will be the liaison to that class. The class will make her start-up with 16 ft. Mosquito catamarans with added spinnaker gear. Her first event will be on 18-21 april at Saldanha Bay, 100km north of Cape Town |
| March 2003 |
| After reviewing earlier proposals offered by various class members the Formula 16 class proposes the official Formula 16 class logo as is to be used on sails. |
| The webmaster has just started the Formula 16 online library of regatta reports made by F16 participants. Two are already online and we expect to have listed all 7 of them within 2 weeks. |
| April 2003 |
| No more expensive long distance call ! The Formula 16 class will start to use "Voice over IP" communication to let members from different continents talk to eachother. It is free and available to all. You want to ask some of the Australians a few questions about homebuilding ? Make contact with the chairman about starting a local Formula 16 class ? Ask some questions about the Stealth or Taipan and do it interactively. Just call and speak to them using MSN messenger. |
| The Dutch Formula 16 organisation just named her NL inaugural events for 2003. |
| The website now has a Formula 16 links page, with the important links to the Formula 16 sailor. |
| May 2003 |
| Two new event reports on our History Page; one in South Africa and one in the USA held last month |
| July 2003 |
| Parts and supplier webpage to aid all Formula 16 sailors to assemble or optimize their platforms. |
| Two new events were sailed by F16's ; One in North America and one In the Netherlands , Read reports |
| Oktober 2003 |
| Formula 16 class rules drawings (Coming soon) |
| Formula 16 Dutch Coast challenge event for 2004. Read more ! |
| November 2003 |
| After Stealth F16 and Taipan in full F16 mode we welcome the third fully opimized F16 : Blade F16 |
| December 2003 |
| 3 Video files added tot the : Blade F16 webpage.It shows an interested sailor sailing in catrigged mode |
| Januari 2004 |
| New F16 contact persons for western USA, Eric Poulsen and South East Asia, Scott McCook. |
| It took a week of work but the Formula 16 webpage has been completely updated. It's ready for 2004 |
| Rules summary page refined; added a quick reference box rule drawing to give a better overview |
| March 2004 |
| Another Blade F16 video file added to the Blade F16 page. Spinnakering doublehanded in 6 knots wind |
| May 2004 |
| Error correction ! Not Gary Maskiell is the winner of VIC F16 states but Tim Shepperd. SORRY ! |
| 2004 Victoria F16 Challenge race report added and a photo page of the mosquito F16 catamaran |
| June 2004 |
| Be sure to go the the F16 forum to participate in the two class rules votes ! |
| Oktober 2004 |
| AHPC announces to market and produce the fully optimized Taipan F16. Comes with all the stuff that a modern catamaran needs. Selftacking jib, spinnaker and snuffer system, carbon boards and carbo rudderstocks, full F16 width, the works !. A very serious entry into the Formula 16 class. |
| Daniel van Kerckhof and Anna-Liese Byrne win their (open) class at the Westland Cup 2004. Sailing against 28 boats of various make including unmeasured F18's and F20's as well as Fx-ones, Inter 17's a host of other high rating catamarans. Also sailing was a new Stealth F16, straight out of the box. If anything the Stealth proofed to be an equal match to the Taipans and the Typhoon F16 (one-off).This was the concluding event of the 2004 Dutch Coast Challenge |
| Formula 16 website now also listens to the names formula16.org and formula16.com ! The F16 forum can now also be accessed through forum.formula16.org |
| Two teasers can be seen of the upcoming Formula 16 promo video.Part 1 and Part 2 . Both made by Eric Poulsen / John Medzig / Paul Kilkenny, the Californian F16 sailors. |
| March 2005 |
| Al volunteers are very busy growing the class in different regions. We just had our (second) Asia Inaugural F16 event. Also the class rules have been refined here and there. most notiably in the mast-tip weight rule. However we have found a volunteer who wants to redesign and update our F16 website. So this website will stay a little quiet from now on because we are spending time on the new one ! |
| December 2005 |
| Over the last 9 months the work on the website has stagnated a bit. However, all in favour of developping a new website and growing the F16 class in USA and Europe. A few successes have been scored over the last months. A Blade F16 is leading the 2005 Harken distance race series in the USA after completing 5 of the 5 monthly events. The final event, the steeple chase on 10 and 11 dec 2005, will determine the distance race series champion. An I-20 is in second spot 3 points behind and an ARC-21 is third, down by 7 boats. In the UK, the Stealth F16's just had a combined event with the UK Hobie FX-one sailors. 12 boats were present with 7 F16's and 5 FX-ones. This event also crowned the FX-one UK champion (3rd in the combined event). Two Stealth F16's lead the scoreboard. Everybody was pretty vocal about repeating this intiative and trying to combine more events between our two classes. In the USA the 2007 Alter Cup boat has been announced, it is the Blade F16. The Alter Cup is the US championship of catamaran champions. Each year 20 teams from different catamaran classes are invited to determine the best catamaran sailor among them after a week of racing 10 builder supplied identical boats. Each year a new design is chosen. In the USA a new brand name is entering the F16 class. At the Florida Tradewinds regatta (jan 2006) the new G-cat F16 will be officially launched. This G-cat F16 is a full compliant Formula 16 race catamaran. The G-cat company owner is planning to use these boats in a week long distance race along the American Gulf coast shore line (Gulf of Mexico) The Blade F16 design is certainly on the move as this bit of information is yet again about this design. www.catamaranparts.nl will be the official European importer of Vectorworks marine Blade F16's. The is currently a groupdeal happening to ship across the first 5 boats. If interested, you have just about till 24th dec to become part of this group deal. Currently their is a demo boat in the Netherlands so potential customers can check out the quality of the product. It was expressed to me by Sailcenter Holland that they are looking to complement their AHPC build Capricorn F18 with a 16 ft baby Capricorn. The company AHPC mentioned that this Capricorn will be compliant with Formula 16 class regulations. We have yet to see a prototype, but the intention is there. So as you can see there is enough going on, sadly it is alot more than our small volunteer-based group of class officials can handle at the same time. So some work had to be skipped in favour of more important things. Work like webpage building. But rest assured we wil be back full force in 2006, with an new webpage layout; one that reflects our growth of the past years. Chairman Wouter Hijink. |