Actually engineering is all about what to take into account and what to neglect. So indeed here the touch of the man behind the math is all important. On the other hand the proof is in the mathematic rating systems like Texel and sure enough the F16's themself. I (we) already knew that it was possible to give a relatively accurate prediction of a boat performance by using a few rather simple formula's. Of course these were honed on the well know examples before being applied to the F14. That is were the dependability came from.

Wouter