Nemesis

Didn't know that about the Vortex, but with the 100 were they not comitted to start build even if they hadn'tachieved a minimum pre-order number?

Originally posted by Peaky I never quite get the Dragon's Den. Most of the folk on there would be better off with a simple loan rather than giving up equity. I am tempted by a crowdfunding approach, whereby you only start production once a set number of deposits are taken. If you don't get enough takers, you return the deposits. That way the risk of buying into a dud class is removed - which is probably the single biggest fear when buying a new design.

I think historically, many of the local one-designs around the coast started on this basis.
You get a group of people at a club to agree on a design and a set of class rules.

I don't see why that won't work as well today as in the 1930's.
It puts the class in the driving seat, even owning the design rights in many cases.
I suppose taken to extremes it might actually work against the fleet spreading from its local base?

Okay- what with the Echo, the Nemesis and the Icon all having a healthy nod towards the NS14... can't you / us / someone start to think about a Cat Class Formula Style Box rule system for class compliance?

It would be good to have an umbrella F1 class to cover the Laser/Torch, RaSer, Nemesis, etc. The rules would need some effort to keep the boats affordable, simple, robust and 'sensible', but it would be great to see.
And there should also be a F2 for the 100/Astom/D1, F3 for your Pyschon/400, F4 for the Alto/L4k/Iso.