Mary,

That is a very good point you bring up there.

One thing to note however is that the Taipan 4.9 + spi is a not grandfathered but has been assigned the status of foundation boat. Meaning that it is part of the (closed) F16 fleet. Just like the Stealth R design.

So the (closed) F16 class entcloses :

Taipan 4.9 + spi = foundation boat
Stealth R = foundation boat
Stealth F16
Blade F16
Taipan F16

+ All other full compliant boats that sail as an F16 (Johns nacra F16, and Davids Mystere F16; both modified to F16 rules)


In principle we do not allow (voting) membership to other dispensated boat or grandfathered boats. It would be a little funny to have Spitfire, FX-one , I-17 and what not boat owners vote on F16 class rules. It would be the perfect way to spike us. Also we will keep the inclusiveness to these boat owners with repect to sailing and racing but having them vote on our class rules is going a bit too far.

That leaves us with just 1 problem though.

The mosquito F16 guys.

The are full compliant in all aspects except minimum weight. I think they are about 5 kg underweight in total. We dispensated them for it because of other dimensions that are smaller on these boats as well like overall width.

In principle they would be treated like the spitfire sailors, but that would be really unfair to them as the mosquito sailors have helped us so much over the years and they are fully into F16. None of them ever caused us any troubles. They are the perfect example of "don't whine, just sail it".

I would consider it an insult to them if we would exclude them. I will therefor move to include them in the listing of boats owners allowed to be members. I will think of the best way to make their status more firm. Give me a couple of days on that.

Wouter