F16 ‘Element Sails’ AUS Nats 2022: Rankin & White lead
Emma Rankin & Beau White (Goodall Viper / Element Sails) are leading the 2022 F16 Australian Nats. Brett Goodall (Viper/Goodall) follows (along his crew not named) only 2pts behind after 12 races.
Check Element Sails DS super low main clew / foot arrangement.
Some F18s also racing in overall fleet under the Goodall Design Formula Cup.
Source info & Photos by F16 Australia.
Full gallery pics here
Complete results here
| pos | Boat/Sail | Crew | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Tot |
| 1 | We’re only Lit’l (507) | Emma Rankin, Beau White | 2 | 1 | -17 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | This way up racing (33) | Brett Goodall | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Ruel Rigging (289) | Simon Skoog, Nick Reader | -17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Element Sails (345) | Peter Dunk, Ben Clark | 3 | 3 | 1 | -6 | 3 | -6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Element (324) | Simon Hallsworth, Lily Smith | -17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -17 | 4 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Turtle (217) | James Butler | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 53 |
| 7 | The Boat Warehouse (218) | Alice Tarnawski, Angus Musgrove | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | -17 | -17 | 7 | 56 |
| 8 | Capital Brewing Co Spruce Moose (244) | Jack Mendham, Ethan Moore | -17 | 10 | -17 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 74 |
| 9 | Ain’t Got No Brakes (422) | Adam Hughes, Emily Grimsley | 6 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 17 | -17 | -17 | 100 |
| 10 | Twice Tempted (067) | Robert Mahony | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 17 | -17 | -17 | 102 |
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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