I'm just wondering, Why do we use this system? Are there any races in in the U.S. that anyone knows of that use a different system.

I will say this, I emailed them about about some issues I had regarding the rating of the Mystere 6.0 as compared to the XL version and about why adding wings gave such a big hit.(the Hobie 18, same rating with or without wings) They got right back with me and we had a good discussion. The newest changes have addressed that. So this year I'm happy.

About the spin. hit. As long as your sailing in a spin. class there shouldn't be a problem.

Mike