Wouter, I think the lack of clarity over the rights issue is compounded by a lack of clarity over the project status, and even over who exactly is on board and to what extent. I see a number of issues come up in discussion here reflecting different views on what seem to be fairly fundamental issues - target age & weight, OD or Formula, stays or not, trapeze or not, multiple sail sizes, boards or boardless etc etc - and of course in the process of developing the class concept it's perfectly fine that these debates should occur and different ideas get proposed. The problem is that I don't see these issues getting clearly resolved to a point where there is a well-defined core group of people who reach agreement and move on. I do see your own views very plainly and consistently expressed, but it's not clear to me how much of this has broad acceptance and how much is your contribution to debates that are still ongoing. Maybe the people actively participating in the class development have a clearer view than I do, but just as an interested observer here the picture seems quite cloudy.

My suggestion is that perhaps on a weekly basis you post a project status note on the forum, defining exactly the current state of what has been agreed (and perhaps by who) and listing the open issues currently under discussion. Over time this should help keep the project moving forwards towards a more and more well-defined state and avoid having to revisit old issues. Perhaps each open issue could spawn a separate thread that runs till agreement is reached and the issue is closed.

I think your point about the need for the class to have a point of control somewhere is reasonable, but it only makes sense if what you have control of is well-defined.