Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
The spirit of the rule was to sanction and approve materials that controlled costs and kept the sails in a competitive window. Is this a case of a technical violation with the sail cloth just not making the date to be approved or is there a real price and performance difference with the sail cloth?


Okay Mark I'll bite. Why is there even a distinction between what's on the approved list and something where there is no price and performance difference but not on the list? Who makes the call for the products that are not on the list? What's the process? Please don't say it's up to the protest committee to determine if an unapproved material is okay for use.


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