Sorry, I don't agree that the factory needs to or should follow the lead of a group of sailors who have decided to alter their boats. This is entirely up to the IWCA. We don't control their decisions in any way. They are free to do as they please.

My point, and this is a personal opinion (I'm not the factory's decision maker here) is that in the World perspective of the Wave class, These types of changes to boats are not consistant with the HCA / IHCA or Hobie Cat Company's goals. These are more "Open Class" type changes. Hobie fleets were built on the KISS system (Keep it simple stupid). This has worked pretty well in the past and is still quite valid for the Wave today.