Tony, now I'm really jealous! I had started to plan a vacation around it but quit when I started to lose confidence that racing would happen on Feb. 8th during some of the really heated court exchanges.

Something just dawned on me...and it could be crazy. Suppose you were getting ready to install an "aileron" system on the boat at the last minute (which could help some when on the 15 mile death reach on day 2). How would you test the validity of that system? How about putting four guys (700lbs) at the back of the boat to see how much that amount of downforce will affect the boat?

We know BMWO has ballast tanks - they could easily pump water back there instead of people...this is all so perplexing and interesting.