Well, considering another few state-of-the-art A-cat carbon masts broken during capsizes at the last Gulfport invitational regatta I think our strange min carbon mast weight limit for F16's (= only 4 kg more then A's) was one of the best choices we as a class ever made.

An F16, as by its target group of future owners, is going to see a whole lot more abuse then the A's.

With respect to the A's. I think it best by far for Zee to get that flight to Dubai and try all these boat types for herself.

With respect to sailing F16's or A-cats in general. After a winter of landyachting I always have to readjust to sailing on the water again. Because nothing on the water feels as nible, fast and easy as a landyacht. And I can rig/derig my class 5 landyacht from its trailer in less then 5 minutes. I really have to be careful to not spoil myself.

And I even miss my old P16 in some ways.

Suggesting the M18 to Zee is not a smart move as she has already tried to contact Marstrom in the past with very mediocre succes. I really don't think that boat type is anyway high on her list anymore. It appeared Marstrom as a company simply wasn't interested enough. This has already been covered on this forum last year.

Wouter