Well unfortunately attacking certain classes has become vogue and has been going on for a long time, probably since Hereshoff invented cats. We should not attack each other but rather work together to win more converts from the monohull crowd.

I think that it is important to NOT censor discussions even if it is not going your way. Deleting a thread greatly reduces the viability and reputation of this forum, and the F16 class. Are the F16 people trying to hide something? I also saw a few posts on the breakage that occurred recently disappear.

I think that a discussion on weight was important, whether or not the discussion was between class members or not. The discussion perhaps became a bit redundant after a while, but I don't think it got out of hand. This was definitely not a case of attacking anything. Best solution by the f16 class was to ignore it and not respond. Mary please do not allow moderators to delete threads, for the sake of the reputation of YOUR forum.

Also I think that bullying should not be permitted. There are few individuals that just do not want to think that there are people with different opinions and have actively criticized other people's views in quite a rude fashion. By allowing a moderator to delete a topic you are allowing someone to bully others.

Mary I think we all apreciate the fact that this forum is not like a lot of the monohull forums and that we are quite civilized.