There seems to be quite a bit of nostalgia surrounding the Bill Roberts designs as of late. Are these folks looking back because nothing really astounding has come forward in the past year or two? The entire F18HT landslide of hype has resulted in some great boats, but no revolution. I-20s, N-6.0NAs, and P-19s have been around for quite a while and have proven to be fast and fun-but where is the quantum leap we have become addicted to? Have we reached the paragon or close to it without going to wingsails and asemetric hull layouts that only can go on one tack? What I am reading in these posts is sailors are looking for a challenging experience and have minds that are not going to rest when it comes to asking "what if?" If we can't beat them with computer design and carbon fiber, we will beat them with an Aqua Cat 12 and a jet engine.