My contibution to the thread (which was with good intentions) began with me questioning the F16 min weight particularly with reagrds to new boats hitting the water missing their target weight.

There were some very uneducated replies to what I had asked, but some well thought out and structured repies also (most through pm's). After becoming satisfied with the weight issue, my next concern was the potential overuse of exotics in the class.

Once again some very uneducated responses, threads deleted then locked...... no well thought out, structured replies until a recent pm by an experienced industry person. Some points I did not agree on and he was a little grey on himself, but it was enough for me to feel comfortable with where the rules are for now. Shame in a way that the thread was lost as moving through these issues in the right manner can be a real possitive.

Hope to be on an F16 soon...... Just got to sell my current boat.