I thought the idea was the mast restriction not a reduced sail area as well? Or Am I mistaken?



The 4.9 as does the Stealth 16 have already been grandfathered as I recall.. They have some aspects that are already beyond the F16 rules (again from memory larger sail area?)..



If a T4.9 skipper bought a new mast to the 9 meter length would mean the boat couldnt be a T4.9 and thus wouldnt be grandfathered!! One cant have it both way otherwise W's Typhoon (?) would be a grandfathered T4.9?.. This means all aspects of the boat would have to measure in and thus a decrease in available sail area.. Reality check here.. So you go up in height but lose sail area..



Finally since the Bim 16 is also grandfathered any new boats built by Bim would always be allowed to have 9 meter rigs.. Unless we are now deregistering the BIM as grandfathered boat?



Lets say I register my thingy as a F16 would it be grandfathered? hence my question to W..



gues Im just old & grumpy