I recognise I am peripheral to the F16 class (I prefered it when the Spitfire was in the class), but I'd just say to hang in there - the F16 concept is good. Sailors will decide what's right for them, most likely based on what is happening in their country and local clubs.

If a big manufacturer developed an F16, that would only help. If they built something heavier, or slower, it wouldn't be an F16, unless you dcide it is.