There are F-16 measurement certificates?
How do I get my boat measured without going to the Netherlands? I am sure the guys building boats in Finland also would like to know. What does it cost to have your boat and sails measured?
Having your gear measured in big/prestigous events is a good thing. Much better than hard feelings and controversies after the event starts. How thorough the measuring should be is something that should be left to the measurer. For one-off boats, a full measurment is the only way to know the boat complies and race fairly. For well known production boats, a quick check of the sails and bowsprit length might suffice. Weighting all boats, especially well known production boats, sound like a bit of overkill, but if it is deemed neccesary.. However, extending the event for two days for measuring is tough on us with families and a rather long way to drive, if that is what the NOR say. For the Tornado europeans and worlds, I can see the need to measure everything, but not for the first F-16 Global Challenge.
EUR100 for one-up and EUR140 for two up is about EUR100 less than what we pay for the big Tornado events. What can be pondered is wether it is worth the money, but it is a bit premature as we dont know what we will get for the money yet.
The thing is that everybody wants the F16 class to be an international high developed class with the status of an international class
That is interesting. I tought the F-16 as a class wasn't that hung up on getting international status with ISAF? What's the advantage of getting this status (thread hijack..)? In my view, the F-16 class already is an international highly developed class (not intending to be offensive here Hans, I truly think so of the F-16 class, unless we are speaking of two different things )
