Robi, good points; nonetheless I would have no objection to the SL 16 joining in at the California event. I would imagine the racing could still be quite competitive. I'm sure the Blades won't mind racing me, even though my boat is under maximum width. No where in our formula rules is there any objection to sub-optimized boats. Gary on Altered sails a narrower beam boat too, I believe. And how about the Mozzies in South Africa and Australia--they're narrower and have shorter masts than allowed with the F16 formula, but obviously they're very fast and compete well against the Taipan F16s in Oz.