Practically - do you have any idea how many non 1D boats are interested in making the trek to Narragansett bay? While it's always good to have more participants, a section with 2 or 3 boats is probably not worth the hassle.
Philosophically, I don't really like the idear. It would be good for the class to encourage people to return to 1D configurations. For the class to promote this split leads us down a road akin to J/29s with several different configurations.
