Greg Goodall has chosen sides as well.

He even replied to me on a weekend day, the first time ever. His exact first sentence was :"excellent idea. I am 100% in favour of this idea.".

Then he mentions he would have proposed it to me himself in the "very near future". I expected that as he has made several comments along those lines in the past as have several others.

Alright; this now means that we have a full bucket as far as designers and builders concerned. And we have 6 out of 9 officials that are in favour 1 voter understands the proces but would like to pospone it and two other votes still need to came in. But even if we count the last 3 votes as against then the group in favour has 6/9 votes = 2/3rd of the vote. I however fully expect Scott (local class head Asia) to support this simplification as well, making it 77 %.

I understand that this last contructions work on the rules can be a little unsettling to some, maybe even several, but the reactions of the builders and sailmakers was just sheer relieve and exitment. This simplificantion is really favoured by the supply side of things. And this side is just a very important part of the F16 class.

I will start a new thread explaining all the issues we could settle with this simplified rule. I trust that will make all of us understand the need for it as well as the benefits of it.

Wouter