Pictures of designs : Ventilo Zipo / Mattia Dynacat 16
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By                        : Wouter Hijink
Created              : 12 oktober 2002
Last updated    : 11 december 2002
Classification   : General overview
Copyright          : Restricted Shareware

Status : Being updated each time a new designs is accepted.

Comments : Looking for more pictures of the designs that are grandfathered in into the F16 HP. please mail to [email protected]		 F16 HP class home
Formula 16 High Performance class rules
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Explanation of classification and copyright
Introduction
This page will display the pictures of the boats that are identified as F16 HP boats or that are grandfathered in as F16 HP designs.

Foundation Boat = full compliant and rating around or on F18 : Grandfathered Boat = not full compliant and rating around or on F18 : Dispensated Boat = Not full compliant and not close to F18 rating.
Link to webpage of the builder Ventilo (Switserland)
Other picture pages : Click link to go to other pictures page

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Foundation boat

Foundation boat

Foundation boat

Grandfathered boat (voted in)

Dispensated boat (voted in)

Dispensated boat (voted in)
Swiss Ventilo Zipo     and    Italian Mattia Dynacat 16
The boat yards of Ventilo and Mattia have jointly developped a new hull design. This planing hull design with a trip turbulator right behind the daggerboard is now featured on two new 5.0 mtr. (16,4 foot) designs which have been simultaniously launched in the year 2002.

Both designs use the same platform, beams and a boomless mainsail of equal area. But than both companies go their own way and offer different rig packages and also the fittings differ slightly.

Some of the more striking differences are :

Ventilo uses T-foil rudders while Mattia fits its boats with their conventional kick up rudders

Ventilo uses a rail and traveller car on the mainsail foot a la Nacra and Mattia uses a clew plate with holes

Ventilo uses a swiveling gennaker cleat fitted in the middle of the trampoline and Mattia has a cleat fitted higher up on the mast.

Ventilo offers a carbon mast as an option.

Ventilo offers a circular selftacking jib track as an option and Mattia fits a straight selftacking jib track as a standard fitting.

The Ventilo bridle intersection sits a little lower on the platform and the jib is cut a little taller and uses asymmetric daggerboards.

But both designs use mylar sails again.

See the pictures below to spot the smaller differences.
Swiss Ventilo Zipo
Italian Mattia Dynacat 16
Ventilo Zipo / Mattia Dynacat Specs (preliminary)

From the Ventilo prospect / leaflet (Thanks Steve Zehnder)

The Name is ventilo Zipo 16  or,  as Ventilo currently presents it, Ventilo Zip'O

Lenght         5 meter
Width          2,5 meters
Weight         120 kg
Mast            8,0 meters (carbon)
Mainsail       14,0 sq. mtr.
Jib              3,7 sq. mtr.
Spi              17 sq. mtr

The design looks to be fully compliant with the current Formula 16 rules

Prospective Texel rating = 106 = 4 % slower than F18 at 102.
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