Phill,

I know of one manufacturer that is making a boat a day and currently has a wait list for boats.

now if the other two are even making half that each plus the smaller builders you would be suprised at how many boats are being sold.

There is now serious talk of increasing the number of places available at the Worlds from the current level of 160 boats as the level of interest is higher this year then previously.

I think the bottom is still firmly in place.

What F16 should be doing is looking at why F18 is so popular and trying to utilise these lessons to make F16 a large international class like F18