Thanks Jeff.

I do agree with your second post. One of our top US H16 sailors (who did well at a fairly recent Worlds) was Bob Merrick, who (as you know) came not only from the traditional route, but took home an Olympic medal from Sydney. So, there's a lot to be said for that. It did, however, take him a few years (and at least one season of frostbiting in H14s) to get to the top of the H16 class.

Matt makes some great points about how to keep classes healthy. No one wants to be the first place boat in a five boat fleet if they could be racing 100.

Mike