"Perhaps the F16 class should look beyond their class as just a class, but more of a business because that is how the manufactures look at it."

The class was started by sailors not manufactures. If manufactures had been building what the sailors really wanted, the F16 class would never have been created. Catamaran manufactures have to abide by the same rules any other business must adhere to...that are they are there to fulfill a need, or solve a problem....for the buyer...if they do that, people will pay for their solution...if not, people will find someone who will...or they will create their own solution...like the F16 class.