Gebhard,
<br>Possibly your question was aimed at Wouter. But as I'm reading it I thought I may as well give a repsonse.
<br>My understanding is (folks,please correct me if I'm wrong)
<br>At first it would be good to be equal to the F18 so isolated F16HP boats can at least petition to start with F18s and race boat for boat. They probably won't let us compete for places this way but we could within ourselves feel good about the way we go and feel as though we are in the game.
<br>I see that as phase one of the class development.
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<br>Phase two after the first season or so will be to look at what refinements can be made to the rules to speed us up.
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<br>Personally I'd like to gather data that would help introduce the Hooter for one up sailing and racks that take the beam of the boat out to 3 metres. Just personal preference but I need data to convince myself and others that this is beneficial.
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<br>Ultimately we can leave the F18s behind in more ways than one but at startup I think it advantageous to be able to say we are rated the same.
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<br>If you have a different view it would be good to hear it.
<br>The more we talk and exchange ideas the more likely we can make this work.
<br>As they say "two heads is always better than one"
<br>Phill<br><br>