I think it's safe to say that the f16 rules weren't a consideration when coming up with this new development. The Olympic trials are the aim.

As for the foils I had a conversation with Greg about curved foils and the like. He said that someone has done some serious work for them on this topic, and the conclusion was curved foils are quite draggy, and that straight assymetric boards is where the effort should be directed.

Oracle are also testing the same thing. I think we can draw our own conclusions from this.