Here's what I think...

Good for the boat, could be bad for the class. Especially if a F16 boat gets picked.

Notice I said "could be bad", here's my explanation.


Our class, in my opinion, is not "mature/old" enough to handle a manufacture to go one design. It appears that (according to the interview above) that Bundy is kind of pushing one design, but also admits that a lot of the sailors on the Viper sail in F16 regattas. I sail a Viper and I'll be the first one to say it, if they want the Viper to be more of a one design boat, I'm OUT! If they handle it correctly, it can be done nicely, which would be good for the class. But, you know how that goes sometimes. The class will implode onto itself if they push more of a one-design. There aren't enough choices in the class now as it is.

The Multihull world CANNOT sustain another one design class. At least not for long, 10 years tops.

I came into this class because of the Formula concept and the option of sailing UNI or Sloop.

I'm not saying don't pick the F16, I'm saying choose wisely on how to handle the situation.

In my opinion, there are only a couple of options that wouldn't hurt certain classes if they were chosen...

F18/tiger. It's old enough that a manufacture could spit out an older boat, something like the Tiger. And that wouldn't hurt the F18 class.

Or

Tornado. It's already been proven and it can be sailed mixed.

But,
The Olympics, when it comes to what they decide to put in, is a bunch of Politics. I'd almost rather NOT have a multihull in the Olympics because of it.

That's my .02.

Mike