The class is dead in the US as far as I'm concerned, so I wasnt trying to be pro or con, I was just giving my opinion.

One of the reasons I wouldnt want to revive the HT class is the rule set is too structured. The class needs to be way more open, more of a development class. When the HT rule set was being debated with the Europeans, I felt that we ended up with too many rules and got away from what I felt was a more open rule set mentality. We talked about being a open/development class, but ended up with too many rules. Wouter actually used that arguement against us a number of times. He had a point.

If the HT class were to be restarted in the US, the first change that I would advocate would be to skinny the rule set down and allow for at least an 8'6" width. Limiting the width based on the European road width limit never appealed to me. I widened my HT to 8'6" and its a better boat.

So, no I'm not trying to promote the HT class.