Yes, I am the guy who should give intepretation on the rules after consulting the related officials and class. However in this case I will stay silent till Phill Brander has completed his membership proposal/project. It will not be good to intepretate the sailplan rules vs membership at this stage and thus run in the wheels of Phill.

So sorry guys no quick answer this time.

On one thing Mark is right though. If you want to be competitive then you really must have a spinnaker. Their is simply no way one can stay with the pack when the pack is using a spi and you are not.