Curious if any F17 sailors may have previously owned a Nacra 5.5 uni. I believe the 5.5 Uni class voted in to use modified rudders a while back. I think they were the inter 18 or Inter 20 rudder assembly? I was looking for an answer to that and also if upgrading to them is beneficial. I am making some upgrades to mine and was concidering this. Thanks for the info in advance.

I have been in both the 5.5 Uni Class as well as the F 17 class. We agreed in the 5.5 Uni Class to alow the F 17 rudders. Although I don't really think you need to do this upgrade. The difference is you eliminate the weather helm when converting to the F 17 rudder system. The down side is you might have a tendancy to stall more often when tacking. But its really a personal preference type of thing. Save the $ and leave it as is.