I have a h16 with spin.We need to develop h16spin and sl16 regional racing.My son has raced both boats.Both are good youth and adult platforms.I request that the US Sailing Portsmouth committee give these boats an official rating [about dpn73] and allow them to race in the Alter cup eliminations.If a difference in speed is detected then change the rating but there should be continued h16-sl16 events with portsmouth modification to encourage youth development.Also,why not
do the next two Alter cups in these boats.I bet Performance Cats would do it .It would be good for Hobie too[the people who buy the boats could take off the chute and race in the largest cat fleet].Why not require the Alter cup skippers to have a crew 18 or less. 20 good sailors competed to go to Denmark in the ISAF multihull trials. We need to help them do well and prepare them for Brazil in 2009 and Turkey in 2010.