- It would not surprise me to not see a lot of downwind sail area added to these boats. They're going to be sailing such crazy hot angles they will be developing a TON of apparent wind. Due to that, I would not be surprised to see solid wing masts.
- BMWO had TONS of speed but kept getting themselves into terrible starts. They ended up changing the rudder for better maneuverability (to get out of the piles of sh*t they were getting put into in prestart) and lost a lot of their speed. I agree with Jake it was a mistake to overload the helm with on-shore duties.
- With regards to failure, I don't know who said it, but someone said, "the best AC boat is the one that falls apart on the way back to the harbor after winning the final race". Build 'em light enough to survive till the end and that's it.
This is going to be interesting and like NOTHING any of us have seen before. I just hope it does not have the same wreched stench that last catamaran AC had.
