>2. Comptips detract from optimal sail performance.<

This did not happen with the TheMightyHobie18 when the C-tip came out. I raced the TheMightyHobie18 during the transition period, and WHEN I switched to the Comptip it clearly made the boat faster, both upwind and down, forcing others to quickly upgrade.



This was not true of the H16. Perhaps, they could have worked on the sail shape more, but would have obsoleted the current fleet of sails.

In the late 90's the top H20 skippers were radically recutting the luff curve for the comptip as the C-tip would prematurely flatten the top of the sail. Did Hobie finally came around and recut their sail to match what the experts where doing to theirs?

Wasn't there a tread on flexible tips for gust response? From '76-'80+ the Tornado's (D or E section) had quit a bit of tapper for gust response.

Now with spinnakers it is a new ballgame.