Well at least they were more open about than they used to be- ess pretending to "poll" and take a vote from all the owners of the "class" before making any changes. Only problem was- every change the factory wanted was always approved and no one seemed to be able to find any of this elusive owners who had gotten polled and had voted "for" the changes! As I mentioned in another post- that is their (and Hobie's) business model- SMOD classes controlled by the manufacturer- either openly or covertly.

Kirt