Good point... Support is quite different from Marketing. As a class member... I would be much more interested in support.... the marketing does me no good!

I don't KNOW who is at the worlds, racing a boat as part of a marketing effort of a builder.... The last worlds ID'd the boats in the scoresheets but you did not know who was there for a builder.

At this stage of the class.... are there significant do many people believe there are differences between the platforms, rigs and sails in the F18s?

Does this kind of marketing by rock star work on the rank and file F18 sailor? or have those days passed and now you are buying dealer support, build quality and other stuff.

My guess is that the DNA platform will be the dominant platform in the A class worlds.... Again... I have no idea who is getting factory support (if at all)