I want to be able to beat the F18's on a distance race time on time regardless of the wind direction.
If the N20 doesn't fill the distance king niche then its doomed to become the training boat for soon-to-be F18 teams.
My opinion again - if the F-18 is the yardstick then we need a measurement rule for the sails. The sails and the hulls are updating on those boats, if we're on a multi-year plan to just get one iteration of sail plan...
Does your scenario include or exclude the possible arrival of the F-20 on the US distance scene? What would make the N-20 better than the F-20 in off-the-beach and on-the-beach sailing? Will the F-20 come on the scene just as the new current plan sails are complete? Is distance racing the objective? Do we not care so much about buoys? Do we just start a distance class and run different sails?
