Hi Pete,
your not the first person to think I am crazy.
But on the subject of cutting a A class into a F16, it realy came back to my need for a spinnaker, I can no longer imagine sailing without one. Sailing the mossie with spin. gave me a look at the front of the fleet, but I needed more upwind speed the A classes strongest point. In OZ their are no A's sailing with spin. around the reggattas that I have seen, but there is the start of a F16 fleet.
I couldn't find a F16 in OZ at a suitable price to fit my purpose [one up incorporating flyer type hull shape.] so a second hand A class seemed like a viable option as I have done alot of fibreglass work on my boats over the years.

You probably still think I am crazy cutting up a perfectly good boat but my need to test my theory's and new callenges were to strong.
Regards Gary.http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/icons/crazy.gif
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