if the Fox wasn't to be used for the Worrell why did Nigel Pitt buy one and begin training on it for that race, are you saying he wouldn't have known which boat was to be used. And apparently you never sailed a Fox because the inverted bow had no effect on landing the boat. The bows stayed high coming in and no wear was ever evident on mine in front of the crossbar. All the impact comes at the dagger well, wear as well. If mine had the orange indicator layer I may have caught it before it wore too far, but it didn't.