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<br>I agree that most H20's won't be moving into the F20 class. The H20's already have a strong class where we often get 10 boats at a start. Last year in Des Moines we had 20 H20's. My point is that you won't attract these boats so I wouldn't worry about them.
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<br>As far as the racks go they sound like fun and all but it's a little blue sky to think that everyone will buy racks to race the 1 Tornado that might show up. Tornado's are the Olympic Cat that like's one design racing. They also aren't interested in the F20 class in my opinion.
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<br>On Crew Weight: Since the min. on the Cat III F18 rule is 330lbs, maybe the min. for the F20 should be 350 or so. Of course we would allow teams to add weight to come up to the 350 level.
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<br>I don't believe F18 will be as fast as F20. I've seen the best race both boats boat for boat and they are definitely different as far as speed goes.
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<br>Mike Hill
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