See the F20c in person

Where are you launching from Mike?

Hell... if you stick around for the weekend... West River is hosting the Pumpin Patch regatta... Should be 20 cats or so. With F18's N20's F16's A cats and perhaps a few Hobies.

Mark

I'm launching from a private residence. I don't have the location yet...

Wish I could stick around for the weekend, but already have a commitment to be somewhere else.

We're launching off the beach at River Drive, just south of Back Creek.

We'll be here until sunset.

-Mike

Hope there's wind (enough to get to 16 knots anyways) 😛

Thomas Point Light NOAA Station

5-10 this afternoon and evening. Tomorrow, Friday, & Saturday are suppose to rock, 15-20.

UUHHHHH,The SAILboat show was last week.

Hey Einstein,

He's demo-ing the boat for the BOTY awards. Not the boat show 😛

Tad,
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As usual, you still need a taller glove.

Where's my rum and my harness?

Being held until further notice.

Dave and I had a great time in Annapolis with the boat, too bad it was only a day trip.

We set up and went out about noon, the breeze was a steady 15, sun was out, and temps were in the 60's.
We chased down and passed the Gunboat 66, a few Farr 40's, and various other boats on the bay.
About 4:00 we met up with the Sailing World judges, and the plan was to take them each out for about 20 mins, then spend an hour or so going over the boat and debriefing afterwards.

I got the first judge on the boat, we went sailing and after a while the support RIB comes roaring up and tells the judge that it's been an hour, his time is over, and let someone else come sail the boat. It went on this way for the rest of the day, and we ended up sailing until the sun set. The most common comment of the day, was

I used to sail a Hobie 16, and this ain't no Hobie 16!!!

Needless to say it was a great outing, and think we'll get some good press out of it for catamaran sailing in general.

Also, while we setting up and tearing down the boat, I lost count of the number of passerbys, neighbors, and people that were driving down the street that stopped to check out the boat, ask questions, and were very curious what kind of catamaran it was. It generated a huge amount of interest in general.

Sounds like you had a great day Mike! I can't wait to read the write up from Sailing World. BTW, did you drive each and every judge or did two of them take it out? I only ask because I would think they wouldn't have the knowledge to max perform the boat without an experienced driver/crew on board, and unless the boat is being maxed out, well...they could poo-poo it.

They were all very experienced sailors. I went out them one at a time, gave them the helm, pulled the strings, and gave them some feedback on sailing the boat.

Dave stayed on the beach and answered all of the tech questions, etc.

Sooo...any of them ready to come over to the...Dark Side?

i don't think any of them would turn down an invitation to go sailing on a cat with spin

I dont know what all the fuss is about <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />

F20C test session

Looks like a lot of fun.

So what happens when you put your weight way forward and try to stuff it?

AH-OOO-GAH

Dive, dive, dive....

lol. So the curved boards go from rising planes, to dive planes....

Boat looks like an absolute hoot to sail. I'd be screwing around waaaaayyyy too often just to get it to lift clear.

OH DAMN.

I gotta get me one of these. With my heft I could make the whole thing stand on its sterns 😛

if you can't see the youtube video (some countries are not able to ...)

try this link:- F20C Rib video (Vimeo)

Mike.. did you get Chuck Allen from North Sails out? He's usually one of the BOTY judges.

yes, Chuck was one of the judges. He had a blast.

looks like quite an awesome boat. I want one. replacement board has to be at least 800$ though. that would suck.

Replacement board I heard was $1300

I paid that for my first Hobie 16.

are you friggin kidding? I was thinking 1k, but wanted to give them the benefit of doubt.

Macca said the boards are same as the infusion boards price wize.

I said:- it's comparable to an F18 board in price/size ratio

The F18 board is smaller and hence cheaper. The F20 boards are doing a lot more than a normal daggerboard, so don't underestimate the complexity of their job!

Remember this when Macca makes another (broad) statement in the future guys !

With him there is always a catch !

Wouter