back then being...
from way earlier posts on this forum I kinda got the impression that that arrangement (father/son) was fairly common, but nonetheless a temporary arrangement ending up with the father having to sell said (beloved, I'm sure) taipan/f16 in order to finance mono's, like lasers and 29ers. (or, as in your case, they got too big...)
can anyone suggest reasons for this? seems odd that after sailing F16's for a bit, judging by the general feel of the people posting here, that anyone could ditch the class in favour of slower mnohulls (or, bigger cats..)

somebody please tell me whether i'm kinda on the right track here...