Aussie Teams ready for action at F16 Worlds
by AVF16CA on 20 Jul 2016
Aussie Team - F16 Worlds Jasper van Staveren
The F16 Worlds at the Royal Belgium Yacht Club got underway yesterday with Registration and measurement. 45 Crews from eight Nations will fight it out the on the North sea.
The Host Club, RBSC is located approximately 150km from Brussels at Knokke-Heist where the competitors will be tested with four metre tides and 10-15 knot breezes.
Today saw the Invitation Race run which provided all teams an opportunity to survey the conditions. The Australian Teams consist of Tayla Rietman/Gavin Rietman, Jack Challands/Harrison Rietman from RGYC and Brett Goodall/Crista van Helden. All sailing the Viper F16. The fleet sees a variety of F16's such as Bimere, Falcon, Nacra, Duma all of which race using the F16 Box Rule.
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