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The intro seems like wishful thinking. In 2014, when it appears that part of the article was written, it may have seemed that it "on the comeback after fracturing", but four years later I'm not aware of any new B-class rules, races or boats.

So, it seems like that should be changed and the B class presented as mostly a historical class that is defunct.

ZeroXero (talk) 16:46, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

The "Formula 20" section reads like an opinion piece, not an encyclopedia article

The end of the article is interesting, but seem like one editor's opinion, and not an encyclopedia entry.

However the recent arrival of what are being called International F20 catamarans we are starting to see a revival of a class that could lead sailors into the future of high tech, fully foiling and affordable catamaran sailing.

It's not recent now. This dates from 2011, and whatever momentum a Formula 20 rule had, I don't see any sign of it having come to fruition in the 12 years since.

The current trend is to create a box rule like the A-Class but relax the rules that are preventing it from becoming fully foiling. Public opinion is leaning towards avoiding the pitfalls of the Formula 16's and Formula 18's that excluded several existing designs, such that the new spec would include all existing sub-20 ft off the beach catamarans.

There are no links to substantiate the "public opinion" generalization here. The "current trend" in 2011 didn't materialize.

These dimensions are stretched out to accommodate the three production fully foiling Formula 20's: the Nacra F20 FCS, the Flying Phantom and the Marstrom M-20. Subsequently the International F20 catamarans is defined by

Even if this were true, it's not really on the topic of the B Class at this point, it's about a new, different class - and unfortunately unlike the F18 and F16 classes, it never took off.

Yes, there are three one designs by three different makers that are sort-of close in size, but none of them are advertized as "Formula 20" much less IYRU B Class. So, this seems like it does not belong in this article. If we are going to have detailed spec for any boat formula in this article it should be for the B Class (Topic of the article) and not this off-shoot that never really materialized.

Min overall boat weight : 150 kg / 330 lbs ... etc.

This does sound like it would have been a fun class, but it just doesn't belong in this article at this level of detail. And, it's unsubstantiated. (The links are just marketing material for three boats, nothing about Formula 20.)

Therefore I propose deleting most of this section, and replaceing it with perhaps a very generalized statement about the attempt to establish a Formula 20 rule, that never really took off. ZeroXero (talk) 00:07, 3 September 2022 (UTC)