Is this really a class rule?

I'm not sure I'm reading this correctly, as it looks like it was promulgated by a sailmaker who didn't want to upgrade their sail making equipment.

Class restriction on the minimum weight of the mainsail to 16 LB:

“Total weight of the mainsail shall be no less than sixteen pounds weighed dry and without battens. Cloth concentrations used to bring the sail to minimum weight shall be defined as excessively heavy sailmaker's hardware. It is the intent of this rule to prohibit excessively light mainsail cloth weights.”

Why don't we want excessively light mainsail cloth weights? Perhaps we need to define "excessively light", because, dollars-to-donuts, with advances in sail cloth, I would bet any boat without a dacron main can't meet the rule limitation.

There are other limitations too that seem a tad outdated. Is the class going to be looking at these anytime soon?

Sincerely,

Marcia Schnapp