At a Hobie class event, no one can gain a speed advantage through advanced equipment. Believe it or not, that is what many racers around the world want and that is why Hobie Tiger will not go full F18 class rules.
Are you saying that the Formula approach allows performance improvement at a faster rate than Hobie is willing to allow for their OD class? I'm not disagreeing with this, but surely if it's true it would sooner or later doom the Tiger to falling out of contention as a competitive F18 boat. I don't doubt that OD and Formula both have legitimate appeal to different sets of people, but is it possible to satisfy both sets of desires at the same time?
Mark.
