The main focus is the A-class sailors. If they are happy the class will continue to grow and attract new sailors.

What is the purpose of making the whole fleet of A-cats obsolete by adding gennaker, foils and increase width? To make it even faster? To attract new sailors? To make it more expensive and destroy the clean look of the A-cat?

If the sailors are happy with the current boat that is close to one design now, why should we start to change things?

The A-cat can give the F18 a match around the course (upwind-downwind). Compare the F18 with loads of sails, wires and other gismoz with the clean A-cat!

You can still build your own wing sail and use but no one bothers. How fun would it be to win a big race just because you could spend 20 000 euros on a wing sail?

No one has used a kite yet but I guess that the start could be interesting!

/hakan