I'm not flaming just setting the record straight by quoting someone who should know. The flames are coming from just about everywhere else and it's getting old. Some people need to realize that trying to tear down the 16 class isn't going to make another class grow. [Do we need to go back to the tall poppy syndrome?] At the end of the day when the wind builds and builds the 16s are the last boats still out there racing every time. Just a few weeks ago you could have found a bunch of 16s in NJ racing in 30 knots. No not 20 knots not 25 and not even 29.9. 30 knots steady. To say that they are more prone to pichpole than a more recently designed catamaran is simply false. I'm not picking on you this has been said by so many other people who just don't know. Again I'm just setting the record straight. If you don't take my word for it take Gavin Colby's.