Phill, what's your view of F12 as a concept (actually or preferably)? A loose alliance of people interested in junior sailing? A box rule? An international OD class? To put it another way, if Luiz were to take on the role of leader (not that I think that's likely, he's made his position clear), what exactly would he be leading?

How do you see the Blade 12 fitting in to the F12 picture? From your comments it sounds like maybe you see it as a feeder into an F12 that would be aimed at 12+ y.o.'s. Or do you see the Blade as a candidate F12 one design? Or one of several designs competing within a Formula class box rule?