Coming from the monohull side, my h17 is plenty fast right now... but you're right, I find myself desiring the faster boats. Hell, I'm even caught in a "keeping up with the jones'" with my friend Robert and his SX, makes it kind of fun; but I understand what you're saying. I really don't feel like showing up at some open class event, especially a distance race where there are all-carbon tornado's and inter20's and getting my butt handed to me by superior sailors and superior machines. This is especially disheartening because I am so young, and feel that distance races are the way to race catamarans.