Doc,

That you insist upon raising the essential issue of COLOR in this highly technical and nuanced thread, reminds me of all of those reasons I so often finish behind USA #297.You've no doubt read that the Caifornia Prison System will begin painting all prison interiors pink and you've gleened the reports natural applications to sailboat racing ! Seems exposure to a certain flat shade, causes otherwise aggressive , focused ,potentially violent individuals (remember that skippers meeting last summer where the RC announced we'd share a start
with the H-14's - " ...aggressive,focused,potentially violent" applies to sailors in some circumstances...), to become passive ,disinterested individuals divorced from their fate entirely ! Imagine what a weapon a racing sailboat, painted entirely pink would be ; the visual equivalent of powdered Valium in the orange juice !

I'll be at the Alter Cup qualifier barring a Beau bomb... Love to see that vid....

PK