Good point, Mike -- sailing any cat, including the 16, in anything over 30k is 'living on the edge'!! We had that at the Reheboth NAs back in 03 (or whenever). We were in the back of a 70-boat pack after flipping off the line in about 30-35k. At the weather mark we were able to see a 40+ puff coming down and 'braced ourselves'. Unfortunately, the rest of the fleet was too pre-occupied with the 30-35k they already had to notice the puff coming down. At the gate, boats were pitchpoling everywhere, and we were trying to snake through them like a bunch of land mines without running over any of them!! In 40+k, it was 'living on the edge'. Hey, maybe we ought to start another thread titled 'living on the edge' and we can all swap lies!!

Glad you guys like the idea. I'll take it to Johnny and see what can come out of it.