Hmmmn... did the A class experience the recent growth spurt because lots of sailors discovered they liked designing and building faster sailboats to race and joined the class and built or bought the latest design ...

Or did the A class grow because a lot sailors wanted a light weight, high performance single sailed boat with great international sailors at the top of the list and got a boat to play?

I know I waited to see how the class dealt with the foil issue the first time.... If they had voted Yeah on the disruptive foil technology... I would have waited and bought a boat for 1/3 the price.