I've just realised that the stupid aussies are only interested in getting kids out of 420's and pasers onto cats whilst the really clever people need lots of rules. To me F12 is just a club with a forum for kids to go, any 12 foot boat that fits local conditions is a F12. The more different boats the more kids on water, why would you exclude a 10year old who already has a 12ft boat from competing and chatting on line. We have agreed to build a genuinly cheap boat that looks good to suit young kids to teenagers and I encourage everyone to build whatever you can for young kids. Chill out a bit Wouter you've stretched 12 ft to 12ft 8 inch because it made it a better boat then told us that it is for teenagers not young kids this thread was started by Grob and this forum was started by Rick, I appreciate your engineering input but you really need a PR person.
regards