Phil you are so right we need to move away from the wings the cost and complexity have effectivly killed the class.
Its about time the class changed the rules to give soft sailed traditionally rigged boats a look in, allowing soft sailed boats more sail area and a kite has got to be the way to go and am sure would revitalise interest.
I am not saying ban the wing rigs but give the rest of us more sail area to play with

My own C "Emma Hamilton" is what i believe a modern C-Class should be
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50ft rig with 500 sq ft of sail and an 800sq ft asymetric kite <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
awesome to sail and prob capable of giving the modern boats something to think about around an olympic style course