Thanks Tracie, It's great to hear that 5 F18's are coming to Cambridge this weekend!

Still I think the question for a scorekeeper is what to do when the sailor... Says... No... I have a rating in the Portsmouth listings for a Hobie Tiger and I am over my minimum class weight as specified by Tiger one design rules. My rating stands as printed! Indeed, he is following the letter of the portsmouth rules... (IMO not the spirit.)

From my point of view: either remove the Tiger and Nacra F18 entries from the PN listings OR muddle around with various manufacturer class rules... eg Hobie and have them raise their crew minimum's for the large sails.... Hell is likely to freeze over first!

For me... the solution is straitforward... Remove ALL manufacturer specific F18 ratings from the PN listing. If you are sailing light according to the F18 rules... the scorer will assign an L correction.

Having said this, in point of fact, the listings are usefull in order to collect data for the day when the Tiger and Nacra F18's are no longer competitive in the F18 class and deserve a softer rating then current F18 boats. For example the first generation F18's, the Dart Hawk and the Nacra Inter 18 seem to be a bit slower then the current boats and a softer rating may keep these sailors competing. Who knows... the AHPC F18 may well obsolete the Tiger and Nacra F18 after this years world championship.
On balance this data can be collected in other ways.

Take Care
Mark