Scooby,
Wouter; the Mid-girth rule is used to define a Spi; check the ISAF definitions.
Ehh yeah, but how do you figure that I'm saying something else ?
I guess you misread my posting somewhere, for that is exactly what I'm getting at. The hooter by virtue of failing the midgirth measurement is NOT regarded as a spinnaker by the handicap systems and hence rated as a very large jib. Thus leading to an enormous handicap hit.
Wouter
