Stewart,

The interpretation that the Governing Council are placing on this rule, under the 'spirit of the rule' proviso, is that a full member will be an F16 owner (or owner currently in genuine build period) who races his F16 whether it be in open class or F16 only racing (in the case of a not yet built boat we have to rely on the owners word of intention to race).

In practice, we will be relying on National Associations to monitor an individuals right to membership and voting since they will be best placed to know what an individual owner does.