Coralreefer, the flexability of being able to go one up or two up is what brought me to the F16 class. Racing Uni will never be "Equal" to racing two up, for all the reasons mentioned in this thread, but I like the challenge of doing it alone.

Like you mentioned in your post, if you are -always- going to be racing one up, get an A cat. If you are -always- going to have crew, either get an F18 or F16 if you and your crew are on the lighter side, and race it two up...but at least with the F16, if your crew gets hurt or is a no-show, you can still race.

I've often wondered why the Hobie 16 class doesn't allow racing solo. It's so easy on a non-spinnaker boat, I would think they would welcome the additional boats to their fleet.