Stewart,



You are completely right that the topics are 6 fold, with one in the works, and none of them include any reductions in sailarea.



I would like to stress to all to stay close to the actual proposed changes which are :



Increasing minimum weight and reducing the difference between 1-up and 2-up.



Deleting the performance equalisation concept which uses spis and jibs of different sizes. This would give the F16 class one maximum area for either the mainsail and spi and a maximum overall sailare that includes the jib.



Lowering the mast height to 8,5 mtr.



Rewording the spi rule and rule that all spi boom must be 3,5 mtr. and not something ranging form 3,48 to 3,52 depending on the parameters of each individual design



Redefining the way a spi area is calculated without actually changing the rule. The end result will remain the same.



Having underlined this I want to underline too that



There is no talk of reducing sailarea.



Indeed the grandfathered boats have been allowed several non-compliance points



We are not deregistering Bim as a design or builder, however Bim is the proces of redesigning their 16 footer which may have different parameters from their current 16 foot design



And stewart your thingy will remain a F16 design.



Wouter