Best not take Wouter too seriously. He obviously enjoys baiting. My guess is that he had a difficult childhood and this has turned him into the pedantic **** that he is today.
It is not baiting at all.
When you are about to stick your hand in the fire and I yell at you :"don't do it !", then that is not the result of any bad childhood on my part, nor does it mean that I hate you or try to bait you.
I fundamentally disagree with some people about certain aspects because I have some clear and concrete indications that they are on the "wrong" track. Now, indeed, what constitutes "wrong" in the last phrase is subjective and everybody is right to have their own views on it. However, I will argue that things associated with economic feasibility and customer perception are not spread out evenly over the spectrum of all possible opinions. In these fields you can definately "get it wrong" and eventually have to the pay the price for being wrong.
From personal experience and principles of economic feasibility I claim that a certain class is persisting in doing things wrong (in the latter meaning) and that that is not very smart.
I not only claim that but have even shown that to be the case by building up the F16 class and have it grown into a more serious part of the catamaran scene with each passing year, including Australia itself. If you compare the two classes directly you'll certainly see the effects of doing things differently.
Then you come back at this (and me) and claim that I had a bad childhood.
If that makes you feel better personally then I guess it is harmless enough.
If that is an extention of the official policy of your class then ... Ohhh dear !
Wouter
