Author: Deb Whitehorse

After a week of perfect sailing conditions at Clearwater Beach, Florida, Mother Nature decided to take a break on Wednesday, the first day of the 2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship. 65 F18s and their crew waited patiently on the beach while PRO Todd Fedyszyn and the Race Committee sat offshore, hunting for the breeze. Light air filled in the early afternoon, and the RC set a course and started a race. The RC abandoned the race a few minutes after the start because the wind became too thin. Competitors and the RC will be ready for the westerly breezes forecasted for today, Thursday, October 13, to start Race 1 of the Immunolin F18 World Championship.

Ways to Follow the Regatta:
This website  https://www.f18world2022.org/
Daily highlight videos from Icarus Sailing Media on this website.
Facebook Live Feeds From the Water on the Red Gear Racing Facebook
Red Gear Racing Instagram
TracTrac Race Tracking. Link to follow online or to download the app.
Results
Schedule
Race Documents (NOR, Sailing Instructions, Registered Competitors)

Ways to Follow the Regatta:
This website! https://www.f18world2022.org/
Daily highlight videos from Icarus Sailing Media on this website.
Facebook Live Feeds From the Water on the Red Gear Racing Facebook
TracTrac Race Tracking. Link to follow online or to download the app.
Results
Schedule
Race Documents (NOR, Sailing Instructions, Registered Competitors)

The 2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship’s first racing day begins tomorrow, Wednesday, October 12. It’s an active day here in Clearwater Beach, Florida, where regatta volunteers check in registrants, weigh F18 components, and brief media, among the countless other tasks that ensure a terrific regatta.

Competitors had a chance to warm up in the pre-event, the 2022 Red Gear Racing Championships, a multi-fleet regatta that included F16s and youth sailors in the F15s. The 2022 Red Gear Racing Championships ended on Monday, October 10. Thirty-nine catamarans in three classes competed in perfect sailing conditions in the three-day event. 15 F15s, the majority youth sailors, handled the breeze and the waves like pros. Some of the international team’s F18s were delayed in customs. (Their boats are scheduled to arrive in Clearwater Beach today.) F18 competitors stepped up and offered the use of their boats to the international teams for practice in the warm-up regatta. Congratulations to all who participated in the regatta. Regatta results and photos are on the 2022 Red Gear Racing Championships website.