Someone told me the Nacra F17 is actually 18 feet long, is that true? That might explain some of the extra weight. And I also heard you could put a jib on it and second trap. Now, other than the weight issue, how do you think it might do, two up, against the F18's? Could there be a two up F17 class? That would be nearly 80 lbs lighter than an F18.
Having sailed against a couple or F17s in the Sloop/SPI/2 Trap configuration I can confirm that it comes no where close to an F18 in performance on any point of sail.
The F17 seems to perform nicely when SPI/cat rigged and single handed.
