Wouter,

Thank you for taking the time to post that. It certainly clarifies a number of things for me. To bring this back to where this started, my real concern is this: The Evolution is competition to the F16 class. Anyone who buys a brand new Evolution is unlikely switch to an F16 design in the short term. The wording on that importer's web page is, to my mind, misleading in that it implies that the boat can be raced in F16 when, at the moment, it can't even be raced in "Open F16" events. Such a claim is damaging to our class. There are many cat sailors out there who don't understand formula classes at all, and who will be easily confused by such claims. Also, it associates our class with heavier-than-necessary designs - removing one of our key selling points.

Now I only know 3 words of Dutch so I bow to your better knowledge on this one, but based on your translation I would suggest that a request for them to re-word that is in order.

Paul