Unfortunately ,I think this may be the case. Another advantage of an open sail plan is the cost will drop the second it is implemented, I've heard by as much as 25%. Competition can be a wonderful thing.
You guys are dreaming and I have heard quit a few contrary aruments wihtin this thread.
Price is not likely to go down unless you happen to shop at some local bargain sail maker. To get a "Name brand" sail you are likely to pay even more than for the EP. Not much volume and you now spread it out even thinner so getting a Landy or Glaser to design and then back up a sail plan will not be cheap.
The big complaint here seems to center on different sails not all being the same. Open it up to different builders and you expect those to all be the same? You are now definitely not sailing 1-design.
Not that it matters, but what exactly are people trying to accomplish with this. Now everyone has to pay 20-40 bucks to play officialy with no more unifority to the class concept than you have now.
