USF18

2009 Championship a Success!

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:31:09 +0000

The smoke is cleared and just about everyone has made it home safely despite some hiccups in getting off the ground. The Championship event at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach, California was fiercely contested and sailed in a wide range of conditions, yet largely incident-free with only minor capsize-related issues and one port-starboard bump. Injuries appear to be limited to some sore and stiff competitors and a couple of bruised egos. All in all, I think everyone had a good time and the host club is 100% sold on having the F18 fleet back again.

You can peruse the results HERE.

Jeremy from Surf City put some killer photos HERE.

I hope you’ll consider joining the class for another event soon – check your regional schedules for a race near you!

2010 NAF18 Championship

admin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:28:35 +0000

We are very glad to announce the 2010 North American F18 Championship will be hosted by the Racine Yacht Club and Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin, August 9-13, 2010. This is a Combined event with Performance Race Week.

Details will be posted here as the become available.

Western (south) Area Events

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:32:10 +0000

2010 West Coast (south) Formula 18 Schedule

Feb 20-21     SCYA Midwinters     ABYC – Long Beach

Mar 19-20-21 San Diego NOODs     MBYC – San Diego

Apr 10-11      Cat Fight 1 and AlterCup Trials MBYC – San Diego

April 24-25    Border Run International    South Shore YC-Newport

May 1-2        Cinco de Mayo Regatta     SBSC/SBYC

May 29-30     Memorial Day Regatta     ABYC – Long Beach

June 12         Delta Ditch Run (one day)     Richmond Yacht Club-SF

June 26-27    NOOD Regatta-West Champs   St Francis Yacht Club-SF

July 3-10       F18 Worlds     Erquy, France

July 17          Milt Ingram Distance Regatta (one day)     PBYC – Ventura

July 24-25     Multihull Invitational Regatta     ABYC – Long Beach

August 9-13 NAF18 North Amercian Champ Wisconsin, Racine YC

Aug 21-22     Wine and Roses Regatta     SBYC – Santa Barbara

Aug 21-22     One Design Regatta     MBYC – San Diego

Sept 4-5       Labor Day Regatta ABYC – Long Beach

Oct 9-10       Cat Fight II     MBYC – San Diego

Oct 30-31     Goblin Regatta    SBSC/SBYC

Nov 20-21    Turkey Day Regatta     ABYC – Long Beach

ABYC Alamitos Bay Yacht Club

CBYC Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club

CYC Coronado Yacht Club

MBYC Mission Bay Yacht Club

SBYC Santa Barbara Yacht Club

SBSC Santa Barbara Sailing Club

West (north) Area Events

ddelave — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:31:20 +0000

West (north) Area Schedule

The Pacific Northwest Formula 18 fleet currently has 4 top-notch events on the calendar for 2009 and all scheduled regattas are predicted to be well attended based on the success 2008. If you are interested in only sailing 1 F18 Class event, we would suggest the Seattle NOODs (the 2009 PNW F18 Championships) which had the highest attendance of the PNW F18 events in 2008 and some of the summers best racing.

In 2008 the PNW Fleet saw great competition between the NACRA Infusions, NACRA Inter 18s and Tigers with Scott McDonald (BC) and Andrepont/Koch (Seattle) swapping race wins in the Spring and Summer. Late summer and fall saw Colwell/Colwell (Bellingham) winning the F18 Fleet Championships in Seattle as well as the Hobie Tiger North Americans.

Racing is open to all Formula 18 Class legal catamarans and provides exciting racing, great competitors and fun off the water events.

2009 Race Schedule

Jericho Flights of Spring – Jericho Sailing Center BC – April 18, 19

Sailing World NOOD/PNW Champs – Seattle – May 16, 17

Formula 18 World Championships – Belgium – July 11-17

West Coast Championships – Santa Barbra – August 15, 16

North American Championships – Los Angles – September 8-12

Bellingham OD – Bellingham BYC – September 19, 20

Seattle F18 Fleet Championships – Seattle CYC – October 3, 4

Regional Contact – Paul Andrepont e-mail at:

f18teamblur@live.com

Jericho Sailing Center:

http://www.jsca.bc.ca/

Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle:

www.cycseattle.org

Seattle NOOD Regatta – PNW F18 Championships:

http://www.sailingworld.com/nood_regatta.jsp

Mid-Western Events

ddelave — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:53:26 +0000

Mid-Western Area Schedule

The events for the remainder of 2009 are posted – use the ‘Upcoming events’ link on the left side of the site to get the information. A full 2010 schedule will be posted in 1 months time.

‘Mid West’ is somewhat of a misnomer – this area includes Texas (where I’m from) and all the events posted on here are from Texas. If you are from the mid west and have an F-18 event in your area you want to promote then post details in a comment – and I will add it to the schedule.

Chris Green
Mid West Area Rep, NAF18 class association

Northern Area Events

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:32:37 +0000

Northern Area Schedule


Mar 15-16, 2008	Regatta 2	for the NOR
Mar 29-30, 2008	Regatta 3	for the NOR
Apr 19-20, 2008	Regatta 5	for the NOR
Apr 26-27, 2008	Regatta 6	for the NOR
July 19-20	Windjammers Regatta	for the NOR
July 26-27	Broken Rudder Regatta (MNvsWI challenge)	for the NOR
Aug 9-10, 2008	Northern Area Championship	for the NOR
Aug 30-31	Red Fox Regatta	for the NOR
Aug 23-24, 2008	Regatta 11	for the NOR
Aug 30-31, 2008	Regatta 12	for the NOR
Oct 11-12, 2008	Regatta 13	for the NOR
Oct 13-17, 2008	NAF-18 North Americans	Key Sailing in Pensacola, Florida
Oct 25-26, 2008	Regatta 14	for the NOR
Nov 22-23, 2008	Regatta 14	for the NOR

Eastern Area Events

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:31:47 +0000

Eastern Area Schedule

The 2009 Narragansett Beer F18 Summer Series will include the following regattas:

May 16-17	Joe Manganello Memorial Regatta, Madison CT	Garvan Point Sailing Club
June 13-14	Sakonnet Regatta, Sakonnet RI/td>	Sakonnet NOR
June 21-22	Hampton Beach Regatta, Hampton Beach NH	Hampton NOR
July 4	Statue of Liberty Race, Atlantic Heights NJ	Statue Race NOR
July 11-12	Coastal Living Newport Regatta, Newport RI**	Newport NOR
July 25-26	Pine Point Regatta, Old Orchard Beach MA	Pine Point NOR
July 31-2	Hyannis Regatta, Hyannis, MA**	Hyannis NOR
Aug 7-9	Buzzards Bay Regatta (Eastern Area Championship), New Bedford MA**	BBR NOR
Aug 15-16	New England 100, Newport, RI	NE 100 NOR
Sept 8-12	NAF-18 North Americans, Long Beach CA*	NAF18 NOR
Sept 19-20	Roton Point Regatta, Rowayton CT	Roton NOR
TBD	Round the Island Race, Sakonnet RI	Island Race NOR
Oct 10-11	Heineken High Performance Dinghy Open, AYC, Rye, NY**	HPDO NOR

* Sailors are encouraged to attend this event, but results from it do not count towards the ‘Gansett F18 Summer Series.

** These regattas take place at a host yacht club who will provide us with a race committee and therefore require more than 5 boats to attend. If less than 5 boats attend the regatta will not host an F18 fleet.

Southern Area Events

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:29:43 +0000

2009

Jan 17-18	Midwinter Open Cat National Championships, F18 midwinters, F16 Midwinters, Harken Buoy Racing Series, Wave National Series Championship, Shark Midwinter Nationals, Islamorada,FL	Rick White – 305-451-3287, Email Rick, rick@catsailor.com
Feb 28-Mar 1	Ice Pick Regatta	Kirk Newkirk, 877-932-7272 email Kirk@keysailing.com
March 21-22	Performance MidWinters, Pensacola Beach, FL	Kirk Newkirk, 877-932-7272 email Kirk@keysailing.com
April 10-12	Spring Fever, NAF18 Southern Area Championship	David Ingram, 352-636-9870
June 6-7	Island Fever, Jana’s Pagoda Navarre Beach
June 6-7	Kelly Park River Regatta, Merritt Island, FL	Regatta NOR Merritt Island, FL Gina McDonald email Gina
Aug 8-9	Mayor’s Cup	Kirk Newkirk, 877-932-7272 email Kirk@keysailing.com
Nov 21-22	Carlisle Florida Multihull Championship, Clearwater, FL	http://www.clearwatercommunitysailing.org/index.shtml