The AUS Taipan sailors already had a strong class fleet to sail in, so it didn't make sense to modifiy their boats with no real numbers to compete with in an F16. The Taipans OS had a clean sheet to start with and built a better Taipan for kites.
Yep, and I can't really argue with that.
I think we solved that particular issue back in 2001 when we decided to go our seperate ways. The guys supporting modifying the Taipan design left the Taipan class alone and started a whole new class under a totally different name. We welcomed any Taipan that wanted to play and that was that.
Wouter
