First of all I think we had more competition this year. The Figueroa's (1st , PUR) , Maegli/Guirola (2nd , GUA), Viana/Gomes (4th, BRA), Enqwirda/Elred (9th, AUS) all these teams were not there last year or the year before. Then look at teams like Murrieta/Akle (5th PUR) and Colon/Roldan ( 6th PUR), these teams have done fine in the past but have had consistency problems in the shifty venues of the last two NAs. The wind was fairly straightforward this year. There was a big right shift on the starboard layline and it was there just about every race. This made it easier to be consistent if you were fast and could get good starts.
The Division 13 guys sailed great and it was fantastic to sail against all of them. It was a good clinic for us.