I have now tried canted boards in my "almost" F16 for two seasons and are quite convinced they are worth looking at. The A class only went to curved boards to circumvent their rule dictating that the top of the board should not go outside the hull when in the up position, we don't have that problem and are probably able to achieve the same with the straight board. One only has to look at the Nacra F16 to see a manufacturers take.

We are missing a trick in not allowing A Class rigs for the single handers, very refined with a long history of development, they are readily available and seem to be superior to the rigs designed for dual handers we are left with using. Certainly I wouldn't go back to my old rig even though it is 1 1/2 metres smaller.