>>I didn't read anything on the site about the mainsail. However I can't imagine that the current sail is slower seeing as it has won the F18 classes consistently.

It didn't. For some reason the One-designers think that stock Tiger are winning the F18 races. Nothing is further from the truth. The tigers doing well in the races are completely revamped by their sailors. Sheets, sails and nearly all control lines are not even unpacked. They are immediately replaced by stuff that are bought but the sailors themself. Often when buying a boat of these competitive sailors you get these things handed to you still in their wrapping.

Often the competitive sailors also change fittings or the setup of the boat. examples : Footstraps, downhaul systems

Seriously the saying here is that a standard Tger cost 15.500 Euro but that you'll have nothing unless you spend an extra 3000 Euro by replacing all the gear that is below competitiveness. This amount should not have to be paid if Hobie would delivered the platforms without the unwanted gear. They used to refuse that in the past because of this Tiger-one design silliness. I don't know what their stance on it is now, I haven't check for a while.

Lets face it the Tiger is an F18 boat and always will be unless the OD-ers manage to selfdestruct the class. There simply is no one-design tiger and there never was to many changes have occured since 1995.

It is not that I have a thing against OD classes but I don't understand why a few American sailors/businessmen want to [censored] up both the I-20 and Tiger designs because THEY want a OD class. Stay with your nacra 6.0, hobie miracle or Hobie 16 and let the Formula classes be.

Wouter