Originally Posted by jaybird1111
Jake:

1.Baby steps. we are damn lucky to get multihulls in at all, especially after the above debacle. It will be an extremely hard sell to get anything smaller than 20' in. Sorry.
2.Maybe in your neck, but down here there are the 'Formula' N20, an N20C, and there's a certain Tornado smile and a couple Supercat/ARC
3. This isn't an along-the-beach race - the marks are well offshore, to the tune of out of sight of land. I well understand the OA reticence to allow beachcats in.


I do understand the nature of this race and I would like to understand the OA concerns with regards to item #3. I've got a fair amount of incremented distance racing and endurance style (multiple overnights) small multihull racing experience in some pretty crazy stuff. Taking my boat well out of sight of land isn't a concern to me (obviously, well prepared). Competing in a race like this on a beachcat does offer more weather exposure but the additional speed offsets most of that risk....and there is exceptionally little difference between the capabilities of a modern 18 footer and the 20 foot boats.

Jake Kohl