Think what you want about Wouter, but if it were not for him, nobody would have ever heard about the F16 Class.

He believes in the class and has been willing to take the heat for being unrelentingly and unapologetically aggressive in promoting it and has not given up.

Other classes, both one-design and formula, should be so fortunate as to have someone like that as a catalyst.

I have my differences with him and his policies and politics and class rules, but the bottom line is that he has put the F16 on the map. Except for the A-Class and the Formula 18 Class, I don't see anybody else doing that to promote their class.

In fact, I'm kind of embarrassed that we don't use this web site more to promote the Wave Class, which can take the babyboomers into a whole new realm of competition.