Nemesis

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.   

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?

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?

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?

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.