They might waive the F18 class rule about locating weight - it will be largely up to the manufacturer. When we used Tigers in Long Beach a few years ago, we had several teams carrying weight under the Tiger (instead of the F18) rules. The factory gave the committee specific limits on weights and placement - I think they said something like "no more than 15-pounds of soft weights per hull and tramp pouch." I would let Jake and his committee, in cooperation with AHPC, decide before I spent too much time on this. It might steer things for you a bit if you send Jake your expected (realistically, now <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />) weight for the event so he has concrete numbers to forward to Greg Goodall at AHPC.