Sailors, band together to create a box rule in partnership with several builders. The obvious goals is to get a large number of boats on the water competing in a fair and level game.

Some box rules work very well... F18's and A class. The success of the box is proven on the water... The boats are equal in performance Or in the case of A class... boat design is part of the game ...

There is an active F14 interest group who were building boats and working on a rule... My WAG is that Bimare, took their own solution out of this mix and now wants to grab some marketing pizazz..

In the end... it will sort out on the water... Racing will happen... It could be

handicap in Open Class racing.
handicap in a small rating band racing.
level racing.
SMOD one design racing.
Formula 14 racing.

It's a bad sign... when you look over your shoulder and don't see a group of sailors with different designs following you to the starting line... Formula is probably not an option that has a shred of integrity.