Rolf,

Maybe and probably, but that doesn't help my argument:)

Mark,

What kind of love am I feeling from Nacra now? Is it the $60 I paid for the two or three jib battens? Lost the Jib battens on the first day of the c100, while your boat Mark was being wrecked by its tow'er, because the sailmaker chose to make a batten closure flap that secures with Velcro instead of a couple of grommets allowing them to be tied in. My experience with the sailmaker that I would like to use and probable will, has been that he wouldn't have used that detail and if he did, he would have replaced my battens and changed the system at his cost.

Since I'm new to this boat and class maybe someone could explain all the benefits that Nacra provides to the class?