You guys really seem to struggle with the concept of weight. And thats what will weigh the class down if you dont address it.
How big can the performance difference be between a "257 kg boat+crew" and a "262 kg boat+crew" ?
Especially when the crews themselves can differ by as much a 40 kg !
We argue and know from on the water experience that such a 5 kg difference is all but negligiable.
Besides you can have minimum weight F16 if you want to and it will still be cheaper then a competitive F18; for example upgrading to a carbon mast is enough. Everybody was offered the possibility of a min weight boat but alot of us have chosen to go with an aluminium mast anyway as our sailing skills aren't good enough to fret over a few kg of boat weight difference. In my case I wasn't worried to much 14.8 kg either ! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
