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2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship: Day 1: Patience

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F18 Catamarans line the beach in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Photo: Anna Suslova

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)

Photo: Anna Suslova
Photo: Anna Suslova
Photo: Anna Suslova
Photo: Anna Suslova

2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship: Day 0 – Ready for Racing

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Tents for social events and competitor briefings are ready on Clearwater Beach for the 2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship.
Photo Anna Suslova.

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.

Photo: Anna Suslova

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.

Photo Packages now available

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A variety of professional photo packages and individual photos in original resolution are now available.

Please contact Jill Nickerson for photos, she can be contacted at:

Jill Nickerson
funinthesunweb@gmail.com
Office: 727-734-0799
Cell: 727-793-8743

Welcome F18 Sailors – Let’s Plan for Unforgettable Experiences

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Welcome Sailors to St Pete / Clearwater and the 2022 F18 World Championships!

Let me introduce myself, my name is DeAnn Hittinger, concierge and travel agent for this event. I have been a Florida licensed travel agent for 8+ years, and love everything Florida has to offer.

With just a few days left, I am sure most of you have secured your travel arrangements & accommodations and are looking forward to the race and some Florida southern hospitality.

If you have any final travel needs or are looking for things to do while in Florida, I am here to help. Below are links to help start your search for location activities. However, if you would like personalized service for your vacation extras, feel free to contact me at ChecklistTravels@gmail.com or call/text 813-990-7683.

If you are wanting to visit Disney or Universal, please let me know as soon as possible. Due to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween and Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, these theme parks are at capacity on certain dates. Let me help get you and your family into the theme parks while you are here.

I will be in the main event area throughout each day of the 2022 F18 World Championships & look forward to meeting you all. Feel free to come by and chat with me anytime.

Safe travels, and all the best to you and your family during your stay in the Tampa Bay area.

Clearwater = https://www.viator.com/Clearwater/d22457-ttd?accountid=TJGLB1I&mcid=58086

Orlando = https://www.viator.com/Orlando/d663-ttd?accountid=TJGLB1I&mcid=58086

Tampa = https://www.viator.com/Tampa/d666-ttd?accountid=TJGLB1I&mcid=58086

HURRICANE VICTIM FUND RAISER AT THE 2022 Immunolin F18 World Championship!

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As many of you know and have seen images of on the news, the Southwest portion of Florida has been more than devastated by a Category 4, just 2 knots shy of a Category 5(the worst) hurricane. This hurricane has been one of the largest and most powerful in US history. The devastation is shocking with massive storm surge damage. This area was never in the predicted area of destruction. It was suppose to be the Tampa Bay area and Clearwater Beach, where we are and where the F18 Worlds will take place. WE WERE COMPLETELY SPARED AND ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. As a result, in part of being taken by surprise, many down South did not have the means or the time to get out when the storm unexpectedly turned.

Over the last couple of days, the waters have continued to rise and continue to destroy homes, business, properties and most importantly, the lives and livelihood of so many people. For most everyone who lived in one of the mobile home communities. their homes and all their possessions are destroyed and gone forever. Many of these people don’t’ have a nest egg of savings to help them. Too many to count yet, who had propper houses and condos have also lost everything. The before and after shots of the Ft Myers Beach and surrounding areas are unrecognizable. Many of these people will be living in shelters for a long time as everything sorts out, particularly those who do not have family to go to. The houses that are left have no water or electric or working infrastructure and will not for a long time.

In our last message announcing that the F18 Worlds were going on, we also announced that we were going to host a raffle at the event and raise some money for the Hurricane Victims. Daniel Hearn has volunteered to run our special raffle we will do at the event. We have invited everyone to participate and even make some private donations to supplement what we raise. If you know of someone who would like to donate items for the raffle, we also welcome that/. We have had several people pledge to chip in to the cause. Our next task is to decide what charity to provide the funds to and how to disperse the money. THIS IS WHERE YOUR OPINION COMES IN.

We want to make sure that if we donate the money to a charity that this money will go directly to the victims. There are ways to help ensure that which we are looking into. We have had some suggestions already to entertain. If you plan to donate to our collection with cash or raffle items, please make sure this is done by the conclusion of the event.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. We want everyone to be a part of this process.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PLEDGE to this project, you can keep it private and notify us or if you want to show your support, comment with the amount or the raffle items that you would like to donate. There is no amount that is too small or too large!