Matt, point well taken and still one of the challenges we all endure with sustaining a one-class design. Change can be real difficult to achieve even if the advantages are obvious.

It would be interesting to see, in general, what the H17 owner's concensus would be. Given spending for a new sail would probably be about equal $$ (and 80's vs. '04 technology)plus we could probably gain a longer life sail.

I just wonder if wiggle room could ever be build into class rules to allow for updating to better quality materials as they become available. I can remember the years when Seaway blocks were the standard on a Hobie and it was usually the first item to be changed out. Now the standard is pretty much all Harken.

Sail fast, Tom G