New F18 Design: Phantom by Sail Innovation
This is more good news for the F18 Class. SI Team , Olivier Backes and Arnaud Jarlegan crowned World Champs in 2010 with extra proven sails and now , team CEO , Alex Udin is launching a new F18 design.
From what I’m seeing this could like the “Final Merge” style, but now with more feedback and some new cats launched.
Merge: Capricorn, Wildcat, USA17-AC45, Nacra F20 and each of them with their lineage designs included. You’ll see why when more info available.
The Formula 18 continues its development within current rules, although as mentioned before, no much room to play with critical hull forms, lets see if this Phantom will become a Menace for the big 3, as the new Cirrus R with Mischa and Bastian.
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Udin’s press release:Sail Innovation is proud to announce the launch of the Phantom project.
After their F18 world title, Olivier Backes and Arnaud Jarlegan were looking for a new challenge for 2011.
We decided to develop a brand new 18” in close collaboration with Martin Fischer, in order to present a flying cat for Olympics Games selection for Rio.
The Phantom 18” is based on all the development Martin’s did on the foils on the A Class since several years.
After testing a lots of different foils and lifting rudders designs, Martin has find a brand new foils shape in combination with special lifting rudders which allows the boat to be really stable and fast while flying but also be very competitive in the light wind.
We are convinced by the fact the flying cats is probably the future of our sports in terms of performance but also for the show.
An F18 version of this 18” has been developed in parallel to test the hull in different configuration.
We are actually finishing the first boat in the F18 version in order to prepare the Eurocat. Olivier and Arnaud will be the first crew sailing on the boat.
I am already very proud of all the team for being so much involved in this challenging project, it is another fantastic adventure for SAIL INNOVATION.
Cheers
ALEX
Sounds expensive…
How destroy the F18 class …
destroy? how come? if within the class rules..
Want!
Sounds great !!!
Can't wait to see this flying cat !
Does anyone know if Sail Innovation has a website ?
Or a shop in France or where we can ask for the price of these amazing SI sails and clothes?
it seems this is their website…
Why bother coming out with another f18? There are already several very good designs.
I find it good that the class grows with more competitive manufactures, however it has only a future if the organisation / commercial side of the class grows as well. Good organised events, professional race comities, etc are very poor on the moment in F18! (look at the 2010 worlds how bad, which world class fleet starts when 2 min. for the start the wind shifts 50 degrees to the left!?!, for instance) investors keep only interested if this grows as well and none of the manufactures all intensively involved in this progress…
Spray rails are sooo 2009!!
Talking about more professional race committee and organization. All bullshit! This class became big cause there is an identity for every sailor out there no matter which brand. We all go out there to sail and have fun. All of you have to realize that there is nothing commercial about it. We, all of you sailing make this big by coming to events and have sport together. Laugh about sailing, relax after a week of work. There are mostly volunteers who are making it possible that we can race and have fun. That is how it should be and stay.
At the moment I am coachin in Lake Garda, Tigers and Wildcat's. The 2004 Tiger is still as fast as a brand new Wildcat, that is F18 sailing.
Everybody has the chance to get good materials and be competitive. And that does not need to be expensive.
The Need For Speed, Mischa Heemskerk
I second Mischa on that.
We all make it what it is, A shit load of FUN.
Yes there is a commercial aspect of sailing and that is for the manufacturers. If the manufacturers can't make money they they don't build boats!
And so it is also the duty of the manufacturers to support sailing and racing.
I am with you on that mischa that the strength of the class, but coincidental hugh and I got hit by a press boat during that start anonymous refers to, so a little bit better race organisation during the worlds for several things would be desirable. Although to be honest its never an easy job to start 90 fast boats!
In the Quest for Speed;), Ferdinand van West
I am with you Fer! After getting the only BFD at a race of the last worlds, while you can clearly see on GPS that 7 other (of the 18 GPS) boats on that side of the line were over earlier, I CAN ONLY SAY WE NEED A BETTER RACE-COMMITTEE..
DRIVEN BY PASSION,
Thijs Visser
If you have issues with the race committee then you should have the matter raised at the F18 World Council meetings. They have the responsibility of guiding the class to the best interest of the SAILORS, and your national Chairman should bring yur views and concerns up. This way they can be recorded officially and acted on publically (if that's what the majority support!)
Ahoy from the Friendly-Isle,
Indeed,More "FUN" per-Dollar is the success of a workable formula.
From both sides of the spectrum, If It is Not Fun-, Do Not DO! it…
Keep up the Good-Works for the Practical-Cost Effective/Efficent/Simplicity future of the Flying-Katamarans…
GOD-Speed Martin-san and JakoB-sama
"Harmonix" Ka Kou jj iruka