Andrew, I want to ban nothing. You're involved in F18 business and here defending your money interest, which is respectable.

But your "logical" arguments, make me wondering if you're serious:
-paint is faster but it is not,
-F18 painted exist before (since day one and after 2005) so they are class legal, even if they were not, as you said they are , they surely are
-paint issue is in order to ban little builder, so you propose now gel-coat finish
-F18 painted are cheaper than gel coated ones, but indeed they are not

Just remind you fact that you cannot now ignore no more longer on this issue:

There is no consensus in the Technical Comittee.
World Council did vote a clarification (10 nations representing 74% of worldwide members).
ISAF confirmed this clarification and improved the wording last week.
And the rule can be changed with a vote process and one year delay notice.

After saying that you're right, nothing more to add.