Scooby,
So as the F16 rules are open on this, each boat should be measured, firstly to ensure that they comply with the F16 rules, and then secondly to give an SCHRS number.
You guys are measuring each F18, F20 and A-cat out there as well, in addition to their individual class measurement ? Because if you don't then your statement is just retoric. As said earlier none of these classes rule on the daggerboards in the way you want to have them.
Personally I think it to be a bad reason to include daggerboard rules in the F16 class, under any circumstances. Especially when only 1 rating system out of many feels that that is a good thing to do, which is debateable.
Maybe I'm a bit confrontational here, but is this really a F16 problem or rather a SCHRS handicap formula internal problem ?
Afterall, Texel isn't doing it. I know the SCHRS daggerboard rule very well and it is a very minor influence in the total handicap rating. The situation is easily solved by measuring the most efficient board found among F16 boats and force that number on all F16's. The most severe result is that we go from 1.02 to 1.01 as a rating. Big deal. It is not that SCHRS is weighing all F16's to find out if they are truly 107 kg or not. Several F16's are bound to be a little heavier then that.
Wouter
