1) Nacra and Hobie aren't interested in the 1.04 according to me, they just happen to produce cats with a rating of about 1.04 (long before the 1.04 started to show up).
Mind that the FXOne Extreme commercial doesn't state anything about the 1.04 but states it hopes to give the current F16 boats serious competition...

2) the 1.04 will never be a real formula class as long they have no boxrule. If anyone thinks the Hobie FXOne, the I-17 and Cirrus will have the same performance in every type of weather they are wrong. Differences in weight, mast height, width and lenght of the platform, ....
What if SCHRS changes one parameter in their measurements? The 1.04 class will loose or gain some platforms...

3) The F16 has a rating close to the F18 and A-cat rating. (The F16 rating is closer to the F18 then some F104 are to each other). Certainly in Europe with the big F18 fleets I find it an asset to sail on elapsed time with the F18

Anyway, we'll dig up this thread again within 5 years and check where the F16 class is at that moment.

Gill