And after the royalty too. Does anyone believe that there can ever be a second manufacturer in this scenario? I don't.

This is interesting to me because we just had a similar discussion this weekend regarding F18 and one design. A minority of our area F18 sailors (actually just one of them) is concerned that departing from Hobie Tiger class rules and opening up to F18 (since the recent insurgence of the Nacra F18 in the area) would be detrimental due to the arms race. The majority concensus was that it would be healthy to start considering ourselves full on F18 and forget about one manufacturer one design. I think the argument is Moo since evidence suggests outside manufacturer sails are actually cheaper than Hobie or Nacra.

(By the way, the point is "Moo" because who would listen to a cow's opinion? )