Well Wout

It's ACEII - Ace was my boat 30 years ago with many in between. I don't have much imagination with names.

I haven't criticised F16 or F18 in this thread or anywhere for that matter. In fact earlier in this thread I said "I love formula class sailing - that's why I've been sailing and building in it for over 30 years. I wish F16 every success."

Who are these old geezers still on the fence you speak of on this thread?
The debate on this thread has been about platform stiffness not the merits of particular classes of boat.

I have plenty of achievements, the most relevant to this topic being that I sail a lot. Around 100 races in the last 12 months - my wife would say more. I sail in the ultimate development cat class mainly. We are often doing boat on boat testing and always trying things looking for performance improvement. I feel qualified to express a view - take it or leave it.

Cheers