The more important twin of the technical pink elephant that is not explored are the merits of a formula class that believes that fair racing between one up and two up teams is possible.
You got me there !
However, the F16 class only does this to be inclusive of all sailors and increase the fun. I don't think mixed racing is really in our future when we ever get to hard core racing. I expect we'll split in two seperate fleets at large important events when the numbers allow that. Of course while still using the same boat design (with sails cut for the different uses).
Right now we all seem to agree that the performance is close enough to make mixed racing fun for all, not because we believe the two versions are perfectly equal over the full range of conditions.
Wouter
