Nacra F16

The Nacra F16 is a Dutch catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Americans Morrelli and Melvin as a one-design Formula 16 racer and first built in 2011.

Production
The design has been built by Nacra Sailing in the Netherlands, since 2011. it remains in production.

Design
The F16 is a racing sailboat, with the hulls built predominantly of carbon fibre foam sandwich. It has a fractional sloop rig with aramid film sails, aluminium spars and a rotating mast stepped on the forebeam. The hulls have reverse stems and plumb transoms. The twin, carbon fibre, transom-hung, kick-up rudders are controlled by a tiller. It has twin, retractable, carbon fibre daggerboards, one in each hull. The daggerboards may be straight or curved for hydrofoiling. The mainsheet has a 10:1 mechanical advantage while the mainsail Cunningham is 16:1 and jib Cunningham is 4:1. It displaces 280 lb empty and ready-to-sail.

For sailing the design is equipped with a 188 sqft asymmetrical spinnaker.

The design can be raced with a crew of two sailors or rigged for single-handed sailing as the F16 ONE. Each crew member has a trapeze.

Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Formula 16 Class Association.