Mary, its not that I've been on monoslugs to much, its just that I can't stand people who make excuses as to why they don't "win" or why their boat "isn't as fast." Really irks me. Granted, I'll accept rational notions such as "I have a pile of lead bricks in my sterns" or "the nickname of my boat is titanic." But seriously, if someone is worried about a set of bars that weight about 5 lbs each and are tubular in shape (not all that aerodynamically hindering) slowing their rig down, then they need to:

A) lose weight, all that pudge is slowing you down.
B) lose 5 lbs somewhere else on the boat.
C) learn to make your boat go as fast as the other guys' somehow... whining about such a miniscule thing isn't going to make it better.

And no, I don't have any ground to stand on, I am talking completely out of my butt.

Pet peeve.

EDIT: my pudge comment was not aimed at anyone in particular... just in general :P