Guys and Gals, obviously my poor attempt at sarcastic humour has missed most of you. My dig at the F18's ( if taken seriously as some of you have ) was probably a poor example as the F18's are a very mature class and over the 15 or so years of existance the boats have all narrowed down in design to a box rule. many of the earlier generation boats were extemely differnet in design and weight.

That box rule has limited design changes to such an extent that the boats are now somewhat antiquated in design ( that should get a Macca reply ) and many now feel it could do with a bit of updating, the downside of that of course is the out dating of the older boats ( which is a differnet thread topic please ). The upside is that it is probably the most successful class around at the moment although there are a number of murmurings on the internet about changes to weight etc to modernise the class before a more modern design can take peoples interest ( one only has to look at the new Nacra F20 and the Viper and the number of their sales already )

If the F16's were allowed to evolve for 15 years as per the F18's then they too will all be pretty even on weight and design, again limited by the box rule. Already many designs are around class weight after only 7 years or so of the classes existance. It is a narrow thinking person who only thinks about the "now" situation and not the long term class benefits of a bit of forward thinking in the box rules.