-Hi Steve -
Believe a little more refinment and input from many other active 20 sailors is needed .
Again on the I-20 at 390 lbs ,--32 ft mast --for example --
NO crew under 325 lbs would be allowed to race --
370 lb crews are the min. for the I-20
-350 lb crews are not going to be happy at the prospect of carrying an additional 20 pounds of dead weight ,-
-afraid this will deter most from 20 racing -
May be best to get numerous other direct opinions from existing racing 20 sailors ,-sailmakers ,-some builders , and others with long term experience with rating systems and class racing in other types of fleets .
-In 88 raced in Prosail and the Ultimate Yacht race events on the then new Hobie 21s , along with the FORMULA 40s in Prosail , and J-24S and open 30 ft monos in the Ultimate Y R events , We were on NBC Sports ,-it was exciting .
-I don,t envision this type of more exclusive racing for the 20s of only top sailors , the existing F classes may become this ,
Excluding all under a certain weight and making most others carry weights up to 370 , --again try this out on others ,
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-One other option is just to let all 20s rate to a higher ISAF rating number by an established open rating design measurement system and set a min. crew weight , but being set at 350 believe the vast majority would by either not weighing the min 325 and not being allowed to race , or not wanting to carry weights , just prefer to race as they do now.
-Having some negative experiences and slower speeds in H-20 racing and equating this to reasons of crew weight and then desiding to form a 20 class based on this crewweight conclusion , then desiding all crews should weigh 350 or more may not be the best solution .
-just my 2cents -
get some other input
All the best -
Carl