Just incase someone cares. I voted against ballot 2 (about the centreboards) because I don't like clauses a) or c). I agree with the sentiment, disagree with the wording, hence the negative vote. It matters little though, looks like the vote will go through anyway.

I hate being pedantic but you'd better define banana boards and fore and aft movement because all boards will flex under load turning them into a banana shape, and all boards will move fore and aft in their cases, certainly with arrangements like taipans.

I think it may've been better to state what is allowed rather than what is banned...I like the clause in many of the model yacht rules that says either something like "...if it is not specifically allowed, it is banned..." or alternatively, "...if it is not specifically banned, it is allowed...". One sweeping statement like that covers a lot of area, particularly if you apply it to each item of the boat, ie. the former could be good for centreboards (where there are many variations available, only a small portion of which the class wants to allow), while the latter could be applied to hulls (where there isn't much you can do anyway, but ppl can still play with ideas/variations).

Just something to think about.