Personally I see no fundamental scientific reason why the F14 can not acquire bigger performance increases from the upgrades then the Tornado.

As a shorter platform it is more held back by depressing the bow during gusts and short wavelets. It is a widely accepted phenomenon that shorter boats do tend to behave more nervously. Mathematics with respect to bouyancy distribution clearify this. The f14 is at the other end of the spectrum when compared to the Tornado and as such is will receive proportionally the greatest benefit from T-foils.

Also the boat was relatively slow at VYC = 88 is is always easier to make a slow boat more fast in absolute sense then making an already fast boat equally faster. This is also an effect of proportionality.

10 % of 88 = 9 points
10 % of 64 = 6 points

But also the aerodynamics involved will stimulate such a discrepency. The Tornado is more held back now by limits in efficiency while the F14 was more held back by limits in power and the ability to sustain that power in a low drag attitude.

I've noticed mayself plenty of times on a 14 ft boat that each time a gust came in I needed to sheet out alot to prevent the bows from diving. Noticeably more then on a say an 18 footer or 20 footer. With the T-foils this could well be negated allowing the driver to drive the F14 ALOT harder then before.

Reasons like this can easily acount for bigger gains to the F14 when using an upgrade then when using the same setup on a 16, 18 or 20 footer.

Personally I feel the 16's can still do well with a T-foil upgrade but 18 foot and higher it could be insufficient to make application attractive. I know for certain that it was proven ineffective on a A-cats. But then these boats are alot longer for their width then the F14's are.

Wouter