Bill,

Like I said (and please notice that I said it without sarcasm or personal attack) that the distance and time I said "including no tacking back and forth to get there". Yes, I can achieve 14mph (note that's straight line and not VMG) upwind and if that will win me a Nacra 6.0NA championship then WHOOO HOOO. However, I am quite sure that it will not. If you'll also notice, I said that the Supercat would be even faster. Why the sarcasm?

EDIT: I went back to check some of my GPS tracks and ok...14mph might just win me a Nacra 6.0 championship, 14mph might have been a little high. I have seen peaks that high but the most it looks like I've been able to sustain for any length of time is in the 11-13mph range.