Wow. I can't tell you how many times my friend Tad has refuted that by talking about how the N20 is THE boat for the big boys. And it drives better. And it is much harder to pitch. Seriously, there are a ton of reasons the boat is just fine as-is without any changes at all. Wanting the builder to make some sailshape mods like Jake is describing is perfectly legitimate if the class decides to ask for them (which it sounds like it has already). But this is the first time I've heard the "I want to be the scratch boat" thing. Like I said, you guys need to listen to Keith and get together on goals. I don't think it is good to base decisions on a different class' performance, though - just my opinion.
With all due respect JW, the reasons WHY we want an updated sail plan can all be different. What we all want is ... an updated sail plan. (I certainly haven't heard anyone say that they want to keep what we've got in this thread or in person)
Openning up the sails to every loft under the sun wont work IMO for reasons I've already stated.
