Just to clarify the status of that particular statement Ken, can you please tell us where and from whom you heard this opinion?

I have asked around and it is not an opinion held by Topper in the UK (they will be supplying UK SL-16s) and yet the UK is probably one of the key countries for uptake of such a design.

I am therefore somewhat confused as to why anyone should choose the F16 as a benchmark over, say, the H16 or Dart 16 or Hobie Dragoon? Furthermore, I can't see the attraction of paying more than the price of a current F16 for a boat that's slower and almost 40Kgs heavier.

Nah, I think someone's been pulling your chain Ken......