Like I wrote before. All wild goose chases.
You guys need to understand the full wording of the class rules before taking offense to possible future situations that the rules themself, in fact, do not allow.
The whole trick is in the fact wether an event is declared to be an F16 event (closed to compliant boats and foundation boats) or an "open F16 class" event, where all dispensated boats may attend as well.
The organisation of each event may make this call according to their own discretion. They may however not specify themselfs which dispensated boats they recognise and which they don't. Only the (local) class heads may do that.
Wouter
Rule 5.1.1. you are talking about really allows the local president to apply and discard rules at his whim. Other than saying that this dispensation must be reviewed annually, it provides no criteria as to how such a dispensation should be applied, nor as to how the review should be conducted. Is there any procedure as to deciding which boats should be grandfathered and which shouldn't?
This is one area where the F18's have got it right. Either you sail an F18 or you don't. Everybody knows where they stand and there are no grey areas.
Michael
