4 A Class boats raced in a 13 boat open fleet with 4 Hobie 20's and a Hobie 16 with spin, Dart 18s Taipan's, F18HT's and Inter 20's this weekend at the Hobie Gunpowder II regatta. Rich McVeigh raced in the Hobie 16 class and did not raise the issue.

Perhaps, this is just a SNAFU caused by crossed lines of communicaton (I hope)

Personally, I think the racing would have been better with a portsmouth class of the 3 Hobie 18' + 1 Hobie 14 + 7 Hobie 17's, + 1 Dart 18 + 1 Hobie 16 with spin for a 13 boat start with most of the boats rated between 75.0 and 72.0! (The 17's and 18's, and 14's started together)

Take Care
Mark