I would like to remind you that Jim Boyer developed, built and raced the Taipan 4.9 in 1988. And with a spinnaker.

He figured out the "light boat thing" long ago.

The Taipan 4.9 is still built and sold as a class legal Taipan 4.9, NOT an f16.

The f16 class has had nothing whatsoever to do with the developement of ANY boat.

All of the f16 boats existed in some form before the class was ever dreamed of.

Give credit where credit is due, not where the most noise comes from.