So much for gut-feelings that such a boat will enormously favour featherweights. It simply doesn't. Are you paying attention Mark ?
Wouter
Are you kidding me... Strubble has a world championship on his resume.... The ladies don't.
Struble commented about the weight issue and how problematic it was for them.
OJX put it well about the unique nature of the F16 designs..
One more minor point on the issue, the F16's are weight sensitive in a very very different way then say a Hobie 16 or a Dart 18.
IF ISAF picks an F16 flavor, the Olympic fleet will land on the weight range that gets them qualified and to the games. The range will be similar to previous Olympic fleets +/- 10 to 15 pounds and the mean will be on the low end relative to Men's or Open classes. The boat should drop out of the equation. If it doesn't... it would be a terrible Olympic choice.
