And not with just any bottom of the line design, but top of the line and rigged to the latest racing standard F18's and now F16's. There is at least a doubling in the invested money right there, by a company that is nowhere near the size or financial cloud of a company like Nacra or Hobie and also half a world away.

If anything, we have got to respect that !

Now the Hobie 16 boys will have their period of public grief, and rightly so, but in the end even they will have to look at the hard facts and concede that there is some considerable difference here; if not a controversy that is best avoided altogether. These facts do indeed argue in favour of the AHPC supplied boats.

Indeed, the Alter Cup Committee appears to have made the best choice possible in a very difficult situation. We have got to give credit to these guys for that ; even if they did foul up just a little bit in the delivery.

Wouter