At last, a sport for the truly large person, an end to "fitness" discrimination in sport
What about the old East German women's bobsled team? They were HUGE!!
Does anyone remember "Beaker" from the "Muppet Show"!
Allas.....We Digress
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No minimum weight requirement on A Class. Maybe RC is the A Class of the future! 
I have seen Wouter discuss optimum weight ranges for F16, but never minimum weight. Maybe the whole "minimum weight" discussion should stay with the classes that have them. 
Before wingnut gets to you. The A's do have a minimum as of a few years ago.
9. Minimum weight in full sailing trim shall be not less than 75 kilograms.
I think he was talking about crew weight, not boat weight. I believe there is no minimum crew wt. for the A cats (or the F16 class), but I don't race A cats. Any A experts have the correct answer? 
Minimum weight on A-class is for the boat and full rig only: 165 pounds = 75 kilos. See the box rule at www.usaca.info
We have tall skinny skippers, some short skinny people, tall large people, short large people.... but overall, a lot of 165-175 pound people seem to do very well. Except for Lars Guck, who is a substantial guy and killer downwind, and Pease Glaser who is rather taller than I, and killer downwind too. (personal observation, Islamorada, Florida, January 2006). So what do they know about boatspeed that I don't know? Welll... a lot to start with!
We have a guy at Houston Yacht Club at 250 who is scary on a Nacar A2. Believe his name is Doug Graf? He just has a LOT of time on the boat from what I hear.
F16 class : No minimum crew weight just minimum boat weight (same as A-cat in this)
Wouter
P.S. Incredibally how difficult it is to have this thread die !