Jake and others,

Why should Bimare, who pioneered the F-16 concept well before Wouter even thought about his class, change their design criteria to meet a new,nearly non-existant class? Bimare built the BIM F-16 years ago (can someone give me the actual date?)and it has always been a unirigged craft.

Bimare saw that Wouter was bent on excluding their BIM 16 and Jav 16 from "his" class by raising the minimum weight and lowering the max mast length. They have obviously decided to proceed with their original concept and improve upon it. I applaud their innovation in fitting their Jav 16 with a Hooter (asemmetrical spinnaker is within their rule, too). Maybe they are on to something-maybe not, but they are trying new things. Cuddos to them.