You can't score 1,2 one day and then end up in the middle of the fleet the next and call it a ghost! The conditions was ligher when the boat ended up in the middle of the fleet.
The two extrems in the beach cat worlds are probably Hobie 16 and the C-class and they attract different kind of sailors. The A-class have moved from the "C-class" type towards the "Hobie 16" type the last years which means that some sailors has left the class and but more have joined it. If the A-class goes into a new development cycle it will move towards the "c-class" type again, the last time it happened was the wave piercing design. The question is if the class can take this "beating" again without losing to many sailors? Since the class has been stable for many years now it has attracted sailors that like to sail, not to build, and will those sailors stay until it has stabilized again?
/hakan
Awwwww come on! The A-class rules are 9 items long. That's nowhere near "becoming the H16"...that's a bit of a stretch don't you think? It's only one notch separated from the c-class - the only difference is the hydrofoil rule and a really light minimum weight.
