Those boats mostly come with spinnaker these days, or can be equipped with one. You can remove the spi hardware and sail them without it, but frankly that would be a shame. Spi are mounted into a sock and go up in three seconds on any tack. I can manage steering and the spi on my F16 sailing solo, no problem. It just takes a bit of training.
Hey Pepin, awesome info. Are you saying you handle the main, jib and spin alone on the F16? Or just the Main and spin?