New Classes Wish List

Maybe I didn't explain myself properly.  I didn't include a twin string class, cats or symmetric kite boats, because these classes already exist.  I'm not trying to get rid of existing classes, just limit the amount of new ones emerging (and combining some of the smaller,similar, existing ones).  II was thinking that it would be good if the ISO and L4000 (for example - ) measured under the same rule, so they raced together, not seperately.  For a variety of reasons I don't see symmetric kites being commercially viable on new designs and yet they have a speed advantage on non high performance boats.  Hence they would be banned.

If you want a F8 for rugby types, that's fine by me.

So out of the olympic boats, only the Laser and Europe would be able to compete in these classes.

Now which does that say more about, the classes for the olympics, or the proposed class list?

Though there is no heavy bastard single man hiking boat represented in your list

As Les says; no 2 string boat

NO CATS !!!!!!!!!

Cat1 - Box rule 16 footer; single handed and 2 up - F16

Cat2 - Box rule 2 up boat 18 footer - F18, but a  much lighter version at around 130kg

Cat3 - Box rule development class 20 footer- Tornado; maybe shedding a few KG.

Cat4 - Single hander - VERY limited development A class.

True. Like I say I didnt check figures before I posted. But then 5&6 on the overall list were Mirror and Cadet, both of which do have a symetric kite. And the Enterpirise dosent have a kite at all.

My point basicly was that to right of all symetric kites would right of the fireball and the 5o5. And a comparison of there average nationals numbers from the Y&Y table gives Fireball 64 and 5o5 41 against Laser 4000 53 and Iso 31. Not to mention that both sym classes mentioned above have held worlds in the UK in the last 2 years with over 100 boats at each.......

So for 2 handed single wire boats getting rid of all symetric spiniker boats might be a little bit stupid, dont you think?