You haven't read my post properly. It is actually CHEAPER and quicker for industry to NOT do things in that way.

Just producing masts and pair them up against normal variations found in the other parts, like sails, is the cheaper and easier route.

And it is also the way competitive laser sailor approach the problem for a fraction of the cost.

Actually, when using a sufficiently large "population" (statistical term) you can achieve practically identical combo's. Something you can not achieve EVER in the way the Finn class does it.

That is just the way things are irrespectibally whether the Finn class maybe considered smart of dumb in this respect.

Wouter