Why on earth is anything to do with foiling "real development"? and everything else insignificant. As you say, the class has been around for more than 40 years, how many quantum leaps are you still hoping for? You have to look hard to see the difference on F1 cars, but they get faster every year. The A cat has evolved substantially over the last 5 years and has got quicker still.
Looking at it practicaly, its one thing talking about a 25 kg Moth that can be carried into the water with its foils by one person and a totally different matter rigging and launching an A cat in some breeze with meter long foils attached. The days of going sailing without assistance would be over, that has nothing to do with being scared. If foils were allowed, I would not convert, the ballache factor is way to big.
Me thinks, the last C Class event was not a terribly good advert or inspiration for ordering foils for my A, it was facinating and respect to the gentleman involved for not spamming up the internet with theory and actually trying it. Pictures of anglegrinders cutting off foils have scarred me for life.
