I note your comments on the Victoria. It is certainly hard to believe that they are being marketed as a One Meter! I recently acquired and built one of these, as the club where I am living now has an active fleet (but no IOM fleet). Here in the US the class is strong. Pretty much everything above the deck, that comes with the kit, is thrown away. Most owners buy after-market sails, use carbon spars etc (within the class rules). Although certainly more limited in their wind range that an IOM, when well set up and well sailed they can be and are raced in relatively strong winds. A number of one meter owners here (either IOM or USOM/ODOM) also own and race a Victoria. Even with the after market upgrades they are a fraction of the cost of an IOM, and lots of fun too! And it fits in the back of the car without removing the rig.

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