Why not think for a moment that the Taipan sailor isn't recommending the sail to you, but to others who are sailing Taipans with the original main, either as the OD or the F16.

Call the main anything you want, I'm sure thats nothing to do with the issue anyway, we refer to it as new as it is new to the Taipan class.

And sorry their not catching up, they were never behind. Catching up to whom? Another class? Their racing as a OD design and to their yardstick. I don't think theres any need to feel they have to catch up with another class or compare themselves to another classes.

The class has made the decision to modernise the rig, and if you want to say with an F16 main, thats fine, no worries I don't see any problem with that, or feel the need to take a swipe at the class at the same time.