The results are attributable to a single factor, skill! My lighter weight Blade does not allow me to beat Robbie Daniel on his "heavy" Viper.

There does seem to be an advantage to sailing 1-up in around 6-8 knots; that advantage seems to disappear when the wind is up to 10 knots. Other than that, the F16 box rule, as it stands today, provides very close competition for a variety of boats.

The rule does what it was intended to do. F16 is not smod!