I think people really need to realsise something here.
Mischa Heemskerk won the race not a F18, Mischa is one of the World's best cat sailors, and through my reckoning he would of won it on a 20 or a F18. The sailors are the most important thing on a boat.
If you really wanted to ask Mischa i am sure he would give you his unbiased thoughts to which was best because he is one of the most genuine guys i have met.
Maybe we all ready did!
This thread is not about Mischa or an F-18. Your right he is an extremely genuine, intelligent and funny guy.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White