History teaches that 18' is not a very good lenght for a catamaran. The glaring exception is the A class and it needs no defense or explanations from me! Its performance and success speak for it.
Pete,
Why start an IMHO inflammatory thread?
The F18 class is the flagship of the multihull racing world and there is no reason to challenge that.
I think the F16 class is a great class but needs to grow.
Sometimes I think that this forum is the F16s biggest enemy judging by the pointless discussions going on lately without any moderator intervention.
Maybe the F16 slogan should read:
More Sail! Less Talk!
