F18 Worlds 2009: IF18CA, RBSC and a great Worlds
Greatest F18 Championship to date, 180 boats on water, regattas from 5 to 30knots, tough conditions, or survival would be best described by those who I talked today.
A massive event and close racing at the top, you can´t ask for more.
The Formula F18 class as a whole and the RBSC have shown ISAF the level of competition and the popularity of catamaran racing, this is what a ¨bunch of beachcats” can do…
But for some delegates and executives, we don´t exist as a representative percentage of what people sail and race around the globe.
This championship has made a great statement for the sailing community showing the power, the high performance and the organization behind multihull racing.
The Tornado is down , but no matter what a now monohull self declared organization votes in the future, the International Formula 18 Catamaran Association still holds the flag for all multihull racers and classes around the world, and we will continue to do so besides multihull olimpyc status.
I believe we must stay within ISAF organization and breaking loose will even do worst damage, but we need that one spot back.
Nevertheless right now we are out, and meanwhile we organize this “little mini championship with lack of sailors and logistics, poor competition and support”….. right????
As Darren Bundock declared once and I wrote down in an article about Tornado in an Argentine sailing magazine: “Who cares about the ISAF, we´ll always have the most incredible and spectacular boat to sail”
