I don't understand the use of the words "deficient", and "accepted," and "members," in terms of a formula class. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Deficient, as in most measurements are well BELOW the class maximum allowances (while the one aspect which exceeds the class rules is so minutely in excess); Accepted, as in a boat not designed specifically to be in that class being allowed to race as if they were; and Members, as in grandfathering of non-class intended boats into the class based on closeness of proximity to complying with the overall rules. Wasn't the Spitfire grandfathered in along this line of thinking?