My point is that if the boat doesn't match the cert then that's some fairly hard evidence that there might be some cheating going on. Simple. Protest commitees like simple.
Sure, not matching the cert means that there
might be some cheating going on, whereas what we really care about is whether the boat is a class legal F16.
For example, if a boat weighs in at 1kg under its cert because it wasn't completely dry when measured, do we care? I say, not unless it makes the difference between being above or below class minimum weight.
In order to prove either you've got to measure the boat, and I don't see how proving non-conformance with the cert is any simpler than proving non-conformance with the rules.
Proving non-conformance with a certificate lends weight to the notion that an incident of cheating is deliberate rather than accidental as it suggests that the owner has gone out of their way to produce an inaccurate certificate, but I don't believe that proving intentions is relevant.
Paul
