F18 Worlds Championships
2010 will mark the 10th anniversary of the International Formula 18 Catamaran Association.
And the class is returning to Erquy where all began, a little Worlds history from 2000:
Year | Location | World Champs | 2nd | 3rd |
2000 | Erquy FRA | Mitch Booth & Herbert Dercksen | J Christophe & Philippe Mourniac | Andrew Landenberger & Philippe Neiras |
2001 | Parkstone YC, GBR | Mitch Booth & Herbert Dercksen | J Christophe & Philippe Mourniac | Billy Besson & Arnaud Jarlegan |
2002 | Luebecker YC, GER | Mitch Booth & Herbert Dercksen | J Christophe & Philippe Mourniac | Darren Bundock & Luca Remagnino |
2003 | Koksijde Yacht Club – BEL | Emmanue & Vincent Boulogne | Gavin Colby & Cory Camenisch | Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby |
2004 | Puntala, CN Follonica, ITA | Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby | Mitch Booth-Herbert Dercksen | Gavin Colby & Cory Camenisch |
2005 | Hoek van Holland – NED | Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby | Mitch Booth-Herbert Dercksen | Helge Sach & Christian Sach |
2006 | Hyeres, France | Helge Sach & Christian Sach | Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby | Andrew Landenberger & Felix Egner |
2007 | Yeppon, Australia | Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby | Mitch Booth – Pim Nieuwenhuis | Billy Besson & Arnaud Jarlegan |
2008 | Nigran, Spain | Coen de Koning & Jeroen van Leeuwen | Franck Cammas & Lagarrigue Jeremy | Mischa Heemskerk & Bastiaan Tentij |
2009 | Knokke , Belguim | Coen de Koning & Thijs Visser | Rob Wilson & Marcus Lynch | Hugh Styles & Ferdinand Van West |
Crews:
Mitch Booth- Herbert Dercksen: 3
Darren Bundock – Glenn Ashby: 3
Coen De Koning* : 2
Emmanuel & Vincent Boulogne: 1
Helge-Christian Sach: 1
* 08 with Van Leeuwen and 09 with Visser
Designs:
Hobie Tiger: 6
Nacra Infusion: 2
BCM Cirrus: 1
AHPC Capricorn: 1
Year | Design |
2000 | Hobie Tiger |
2001 | Hobie Tiger |
2002 | Hobie Tiger |
2003 | BCM Cirrus |
2004 | Hobie Tiger |
2005 | Hobie Tiger |
2006 | AHPC Capricorn |
2007 | Hobie Tiger |
2008 | Nacra Infusion |
2009 | Nacra Infusion |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
...Report was sent by an F18 Sailor, if you want Hobies reported send your own, we'll publish as usual. Cheers.
Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16