The “box” rules already allow this, but somebody has to be willing to explore the possibilities.
The box rules are quite specific, uni sail for uni sailors, how else can we differ from that. I have been thinking for a long time about this and cannot see any changes without rule changes.
From my view, the current configuration winds under 7-8 and uni, the uni guys have a huge advantage. They have a giant power to weight advantage over the sloop
I am sorry but beg to differ, the giant power to weight advantage is simply not there on the water, as soon as you have both hulls in the water then it really is "even stevens" with the sloop and dual crew being able to win hands down on every time a sail is changed. At lighter winds I think this is even more pronounced around race courses.
Hull dynamics and wetted surface drag do not change much with another 70kgs on board on modern hulls where as even a few years ago it would have changed things more proportionally.
We had a long discussion last year about this over on the F16 forum and I still think the 13.5sqm main with a 2.5m blade jib is the answer, but lets trial it first and see. At the moment it would be pointless to trial it in the UK as we are largely on SCHRS handicap system racing and that system kicks the jib totally into the unrealistic rating sphere.
