All of that sounds awesome and totally worth it, except for the starts and finishes. Any offshore race, hell any offshore sailing, especially at night is exhilarating and fundamentally dangerous. It is the starts and finishes that kills me. I just dont get why that is necessary. The only thing taken away from the event, in my mind, is the reckless destruction of gear and the unneeded endangerment of racers. You would get the Inter 20 "wheelie" if that was the start or not, you still have to get out there. Why not let people get on/off the beach in as seamanlike manner as possible w/o penalizing their finish.