F18 US Nats 2016: Robbie Daniel & Gary Chu Champs
Photo: US F18 / Jill Nickerson, not much shots available. – Robbie Daniel & Gary Chu (C2) were crowned past weekend as the 2016 US Champs. The Giuliano bros were second and Sam Carter who finished 3r overall with Luke Ramsey as helm, reports a light air event where their were the first
Infusion, and the only team in the top 3 not carrying lead.
More info and reports at the F18 US Class web: /usf18.com/day-4-of-2016-us-f18-nationals/
30 boats fleet. Top ten below. Crew info not available. Full results at www.regattanetwork.com/event/12397#_newsroom
Pos | Sail | Skipper | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |
1 | USA 225 | Robbie Daniel | Gary Chu | [13] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
2 | USA 316 | John Giuliano | Giuliano | 5 | 7 | [12] | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 |
3 | 1601 | Luke Ramsey | Sam Carter | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | [19] | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 35 |
4 | USA 7 | Todd RICCARDI | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | [ocs] | 8 | 8 | 10 | 42 | |
5 | 1719 | Sandra Tartaglino | 2 | [19] | 5 | 17 | 8 | 3/rdg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 43 | |
6 | USA 192 | Ken Marshack | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | [18] | 7 | 46 | |
7 | 1720 | Steve Stroebel | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7/rdg | 7 | [ocs] | 13 | 51 | |
8 | USA 11 | Ben Moon | 9 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 5 | [ocs] | 5 | 58 | |
9 | USA 317 | Chris Tuckfield | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 7 | [ocs] | 10 | 4 | 59 | |
10 | 1952 | Anderson Brunsvold | [19] | 13 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 78 |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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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