V Twin

Seafly dinghy .... http://www.seaflydinghy.co.uk/sailing.htm

I remember doing a Nationals a few years ago at Lancing ( a steep pebbly south coast beach), shared with the Seaflys.  These are ( were?) heavy  plywood boats with a very veed raked bow. ( a bit like the centre bow section of the V2 )  The reccomended way of getting back on shore was to point at the beach, surf in, release the board and rudder tiedowns ( swivelling foils natch ) and just run up the beach, then step out when it's dry.  We didn't ( couldn't ) do it that way
The boats seemed indestructible - but where are they now? ( and cherubs are still going as a class )

too light for the class, each and everyone is different. just because you sail something that can be built ultra light doesn't mean that everything can. try building a 25kg flying Dutchman.

I expect that most things can be built a lot lighter than they currently are but at what cost in terms of money and to the detriment of existing boats.

the principal that I was alluding to was that mountain bikes are heavier than road bikes as they need more strength and it is similar to boats.

oh and you seem to have your caps locks jammed on.

Oh and while I'm on the subject of bikes, why aren't mountain bikes as light as road bikes? Strength. Make them that light and they won't survive a cross country ride. This is the same as boats, make them too light and while they will be faster for a bit but they won't survive and they will turn into driftwood in a nice wave or two. Not that different really

sailing for the existing people in most cases is about fleet racing. You need an existing class to do that otherwise there is a risk involved that you have just spent 8-10k and no one else turns up to the party. There will always be people that do that, but not the majority. You have also got to take into account that a lot of existing people actually enjoy sailing what is there for whatever reason.