P.S. I don't know what you would do in the case of a Formula Class within which there are also individual class associations. For instance, would our Taipan 4.9 have one number as a Taipan 4.9 and another number as a Formula 16?
In the Formula 16 class is actually very straight forward :
Our begin situation is as follows :
Taipan class features sail numbers 1 to 325
Stealth class feetures sail numbers 500 to 537
Mosquito class features sail numbers 1 to 2000 (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Blade class features sail numbers 700 to 707
F16 one-off have all kinds of numbers : to name a few NED 001, NED 016, NED 006, AUS 5000, USA 176, AUS 1791 etc.
Than of course the Spitfires started at 1 and are claimed to have reached past 150.
So there was no way to get one uniform standard in this setup.
Decide was to make use of nation codes as an extra discriminator ; this would seperate the Australians Taipans from the UK and France based Spitfires and so on. Also the use of the nation code allows use to use less numbers in the sail. As a RC volunteer I always hate H16 numbers. It is bloody easy to make a mistake with those especially when a couple of them cross the line simulataniously. Also we try to line ourselfs up for ISAF recognision some further down the road.
We also declared that anybody can choose his sail number if that numbers has not been given away to a fellow nation code holder. So in the F16 class you sailnumbers is :
Your nation code (either residence or nationality of skipper)
A 3 digit number by choice
The combination Nation + number must be unique and the order of F16 membership registration determine who gets the first choice
That is all.
Wouter
