RG and Gareth,
Weight and length makes good sense but not so sure about beam and sail area.
I just think these would be better decided locally to get what is both safe and
exciting and this may vary depending on the conditions of the local.

My concern about setting a max sail area is people will always go for the
max and it may not be appropriate for that location. I tend to wonder if
this could be agreed locally.
The way I see it is that we don't even have boats on the water yet so
the fewer restrictions the better. Once there are a few boats sailng we
will be in a better position to decide if and what type of restrictions
are required.
Having said all this I'm not that hung up on all this and if everyone
else agrees to the 4 restrictions I'll go along.

Regards,
Phill

I know that the voices in my head aint real,
but they have some pretty good ideas.
There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!