Wrong again, Wout. Tigers were designed to be F-18 compliant, but they have also been their own OD class since the beginning. In fact, they are a ISAF International Class, separate and a apart from the F-18.

Back to a comment that Mark made re: leaders.

The Hobie Class of North America represents all active Hobie One-Design classes in our region. That includes Bravo, Wave, 14, 14T, 16, Getaway, 17, FX-One, 18, Tiger and 20. (There is a separate class association for the Wave with different class rules - that is a can of worms best not opened on this forum.) The strength of the Hobie Class isn't that there's just one leader - there are many:

Bob Merrick
Chris Wessels
John Mork
Rich McVeigh
Paul Ulibarri
Lori Mohney
. . . and the list goes on and on.

The bottom line is - what have YOU done for YOUR class lately?

(Other than whine about the Hobie One-Design policy on an Internet forum?)