Oh dear!

Which is why you're wrong.

Has your wife never told you?

You're always wrong...

I note they did offer two sizes with thee EPS and I'm supposed to have the small one with the racks right out which would be most uncomfortable most of the time.

well there's a golden nugget of wisdom there Graeme- and you either said it in passing as a result of years with the rig in your hands, or you said it with wry, hidden undertone....

'multiple sail size options'

I totally agree with the concept, what I find abhorrent is the apparent need to regulate such options and to justify performance variables between them. 

I've long since been an advocate of 'choose your weapons', 12/18 ft skiff style.  And to the 'arms race argument'... do one... it's dinghy sailing, it's not cheap and another rag to make the boat more accessible is not going to prevent anyone from joining in.  In fact, given that it opens-up the wind and weight range if free choice is allowed to stand then imho, it makes the 'toy' more usable.  If something's more usable I'd be confident you'd get more people joining in longer term. 

I do wonder how many of those back markers at the MPS Worlds would have happily spent another, what £500 on that skinny "training" mainsail that was previously discussed and kept sailing.  After all the cost of hauling a boat from Spain, Accommodation for 2 weeks + all the other costs... well £500 is not a massive addition.  I'd certainly rather make a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' sailable, rather than feel it's a once in a lifetime 'missed' opportunity!!!!

for example clothing... why is that whenever there's a sale on, it's only the small (and occasionally) medium t-shirts that are left in it?  Simples... short/skinny folks demand they get treated equally, so shop stock up but then they get left with it.  When in truth everyone knows that short people can't afford nice stuff anyway.    

Now you don't need an economics degree to know that a shop selling its smaller sizes at sub-cost at the end of the season needs inflated profit elsewhere to sustain the model... in other words, us regular blokes in L and XL T-Shirts are subbing your sale items at our 'inflated' RRP.

And the irony is.... there's already a special area of the store for you guys. It's called the Children's Section... please go buy your t-shirts there, and don't bleat about the prices... shoes are VAT free for your little feet too.  

I hear even Dakine does a kids range these days and you might get a free lollipop if you shop in the right children's section... you look like you need the calories.