My platform is a stretched twin moth setup.. ie I stretched a local moth hull to 16'3.. Made two and in the process of bolting them together.. How fast will this be I have no idea.. Im a skiffie so the limiting factor will be the skipper.. With luck we should be under the class weight and still be strong enough to hold in the local conditions..



As for your agruments..

In my experience in open classes.. teams developed rig heights that worked best for them.. Yes it cost more in development and time.. lighter crews ended up with shorter rigs.. Heavier crews with taller rigs.. The speed difference was equalized..



With offending if this is truely valid .. perhaps we should look at restricting to the class to only the Tiapan and the Stealth .... Im sure both manufacturers would be happy and no other manufaturers would be offended either since they arent currently making any volume numbers?



I cant see the F16 taking off here unless its truely devopmental.. Why support a class when one can go purchase a T4.9 and sail in the local T4.9 fleet? We wont be seeing any Bims or Stealths down here.. There wouldnt be any incentive to experiment.. No experimentation no F16 class...