And the Draw for me was more about the ability to switch off, race Uni or two up, depending on conditions and crew availability. The light weight was the second consideration and the price was the third.

I could have easily bought a used A cat, which is lighter, but I like the spinnaker too much to give that up. Simply put, the F16 is the lightest, cheapest, most flexible (crew wise) platform out there today, and where I live there is a fleet.

If there were absolutely no other F16's near me, I would have bought something else, what ever the popular boat was I guess, because I do not like scoring on corrected time. That is probably what is holding back growth in some areas, availability of F16 fleets to race with, but with every new boat sold, there is a new fleet building.

It will take time, it took the F18 about 4 years to catch on over here in the USA and that was with both Nacra and Hobie pushing them, hard. But every time a F16 beats a F18, uncorrected, the F18 skipper has to wonder if he made the right choice! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />