Thanks.

Because I think any singlehanded sailor who is not using an specialized uni-sail is not going to provide a fair comparison to the sloops. The last few percent of performance (assuming very well developped sailor skills) is coming from the sail cut.

I also don't believe uni's are without advantages. I tend to sail very deep under spi when 1-up in all conditions (and lifting a hull in the process).

The F16 setups were designed with a reasonable equality between 1-ups and 2-ups in mind. Not enough to have a shared start at say the Olympics but good enough for recreational weekend warrior racing.

I feel the uni setup has been trailing the development of the sloops a bit (such as in sail cut) and that some performance is till be had there.

Personally I don't support a rule change at this time as I don't think an oversight in the rules has been identified yet. Of course we must also accept that sailing well 1-up is simply more challenging then sailing well 2-up; there is just that much more to do on your own. That however doesn't mean that a skipper like Ashby sailing an F16 1-up will be on a par with a 2-up sailing Bundock/Brouwer and that is the only situation that the F16 class rules should rule upon in this respect.

Wouter