Mary are you and Rick coming to Spring Fever? If so maybe you can check the scales when we weigh some of those F16's. We need someone that is impartial <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Actually, I can't think of anybody more impartial than I am. But you need a class officer or somebody the class designates to do that.
I don't know if you have seen the scales the F18 class uses, but we saw it in action a couple years ago, and it is pretty high-tech -- sure beats the double set of bathroom scales that have been used at other events I have been at. It would be worth it to take advantage of those scales if you are going to be at that regatta.
It's a lot easier (and more accurate) than going to a truck scale and weighing your trailer with the boat on and with the boat off and figuring out the difference. PLUS, there would be witnesses when you do it at Spring Fever. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />