If the boat is not close to minimum weight... How can it be called an A class?

My Dart 18 sailed without the jib would measure in as an A class... All i need to do is pay the money for the measurement cert and I can sell my boat as an A class??? BS!

The class has an interest in protecting it's name and the value of the boats in the class and not having other's try to get a free ride on it's success and confuse the public in the process.

This is what Hobie did with the Hobie 18.... then the Hobie 18 magnum, then the Hobie 18 SX. Since the builder controlled the class at the time they could get away with it. But, it was not good for the racing class.

All this would do is force the class to put in a max weight rule to stop the BS.

Simple question.... What is the value of a cat rigged 200 lb 18 foot catamaran.