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Been busy, just got back from Mumbai, what a place...

How many F16 does FL count at the moment? 7 Vipers at once! That's a whole new fleet at once 🙂

Yeah, but 3 of them are going to end up in the Mid-south area. I don't know where the other 4 are going.

Mike

FL probably has a large percentage of F16s in the US. I do not have the info with me, but I bet at least a 1/3 (or more) are in Florida.

The Vipers will be dispersed between:
Memphis, TN (2)
Birmingham, AL (1)
Pensacola, FL (1)
Panama City, FL (1)
A new AHPC dealer in the NorthEast (2).

The AHPC dealer is also getting a Capricorn F18 to start his/her dealership.

That is a lot of boats to add at once. Some are avid racerrs and others are not. hopefully, we will see some of them in 2009.

F16 count in FL:

tback
tikiPete
timbo
TeamSeth
TeamStefan
TeamMcDonald
doubleT
Legrand (not active)
TaipanPaul (rarely races)
TeamCab
ptp (partime in FL)

Miss anyone?

Reminds me of the sesame street song,

One of These Things (Is Not Like The Others)

Which one of those is the guy in Gulfport with the Viper, and does he come out much?

Matt Lynch

This homebuilder have maxed out his task list. Spent the few hours I had last week on cleaning up in the workshop so we can start a new and cleaner life when building.

Matt Lynch usually sails with his son Zach(?), who is about 10y.o. They don't do really heavy air yet, but they've been working with Robbie Daniel. By the time the A/F16 regatta roles around, who knows. Also, I believe Matt works out of State, which can be a problem as you know.

So he's not on the above list? So should we give him a team name that begins with a T and put him on the list?? <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

Robi's boat is back in Jacksonville too.

Should be a good turn out for the F16 event in April and the rest of you guys take note and clear you plans for November, because the Global Challange should be a great event.

With the Vipers Greg and Robbie should be on the line, and there are several other World class sailors I know of who now have this event on their callendar.

Tback is in charge of the T-list! Glad you made it home safely.

We are mostly busy not sailing at this moment <img src="<>/cry.gif" alt="cry" title="cry" height="15" width="15" /> and we are waiting for a dry & sunny weekend to clean our boat (rinse all the salt off) and mast.

Do you guys clean your boats regularly or during winter season? With what do you clean? Just clean water and some soap?

Rain. Will you be able to make the GC next year?

Kathleen, I wash my boat before and after every salt water regatta. At home, on a fresh water lake, I don't wash it so much, usually only before a regatta to get all the -stuff- off it. The Stuff is: Birds like to sit on the mast tip and poop on it and other bugs (spiders, ants) like to build nests/eggs on it.

Why clean the hulls and trampoline for salt? Blocks, lines and rigging I can understand, but I never understood properly why to rinse hulls/beams/rig/foils/sail? The foils need a wash and a polish anyway from time to timem so I never rinse them between sails.

Well I suppose you are correct in that the hulls don't care, but since I have the bucket of suds and hose out, I wash the entire boat, the hulls usually have a lot of road grime on them from trailering, but I want the salt off the mast, beams, blocks, lines, and I lay the sails, harness, life jacket, gloves, booties, etc. out on the lawn and wash the salt off them too. I hang the spinnaker from a tree and spray it down to get the salt off it too.

OK, call me anal...but I like a clean boat. <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

Hey, no worries. Clean is a good argument in itself <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" /> It is just that I never found the technical reasons for the somewhat (in my opinion) obsessive cleaning with fresh water <img src="<>/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink" height="15" width="15" />

Rain won't do Tikipete, we have the same **** like Timbo has, road grime and lots of salt. That doesn't look nice on a boat you see every day sitting in the garage.

Rolf, it's just a question of beauty isn't it. What you like and what I like. I like mine white and shiny, like they're new. But do you have any hulls to clean anyway?
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Now we're talking Tim, that's what we do too (well Gill's mother helps alot ahum).
Do you wash your boat with water only?

If the boat is very dirty with road grime I use Tide clothes washing detergent, because it cuts grease very well.

If it's just a little dirty, I use Ivory dish washing liquid. When it's dry I polish it with that Teflon wax stuff, and yes, it makes it very slipery and hard to climb up on it after a crash or even when you are trying to trap and miss the non-skid part. I also spray every moving part (blocks, traveler, self tacker, etc.) with Team McLube teflon spray before racing.