Darline has now told me (March 11, 2005):
"I have been accumulating data on the Taipan 4.9 sailed as F16 and on others from races abroad. I, too, think the F16 rating is too high. Preliminary race analysis agrees."

So there you have it. The writing is on the wall for a rating change. I guess this is for better or for worse, depending upon who you are talking to.


Well, I'm happy that these statements were made by Darline; it proofs at least that I'm not talking nonsense here. And that feels good !

But seriously ; I'm happy that the arguably weird situation is looked at. No matter wether we think this is good or bad we all should be happy that the situation will be investigated to determine what is more fair to us AND others on different boat makes.

Thanks for this post Mary,

Wouter