I will reinforce something Robi said.
I am sick of everyone talking about classes. Unless you live near a BUNCH of other boats the same as you the whole discussion is pointless. Looking at my area where there are certainly a bunch of rock stars there is still no "class" to speak of. The N20s outnumber the other boats but even one of the local rockstars who has been around this sport forever told me that unless you are going to go to nationals, etc for the F18, N20, F16, 17R then there is no such thing as a local class. Who, aside from rock stars, go to nationals anyway? Look at Brian Lambert, certainly a rock star by any standard, who sails a CFR20! WTF?
Look at Curry, another rock star, sails a 17R! And what, there are 2 more in this area? I did a race last year where there were a total of 3 6.0s.
So, unless the state is going to take over cat racing and have some cat sailing dictatorship then pick a boat you like because of how it sails, the size, etc. I am looking at a jav2. Yes, start slinging.. but you know why? Because it is light, simple (anything is simple compared to the 6.0), I can sail it solo, and CHEAP right now. In truth, I race probably less than 20% of the time. This is fine because I have plenty of fun working on the boat and trying to tune things. Besides, not being a rock star myself, the competition around here is a little over my head (ok, way over). The only reason why I continue to even try to race around here is that the other sailors are actually pretty cool guys and don't mind helping the underdogs.

Sorry, I just get sick of my boat better than yours type arguments and when you add "my class has more boats than yours" it gets even worse.