Hobie and other manufactureers and designers had to push for years to get close to the Tornado as it was always the benchmark. People put spinnies and square tops and twin traps and finally caught up but the the T updated what happened??? The Tornado has driven the acceptance that more of us could sail faster and want more performance and that has definitely boosted the sport in all ways. Is it as potent to gains now? mayybe not, but the issue is to get another spot in the Olympics not lose the one we have. If we don't want to compete in the top sporting forum open to man, why compete at all? OR maybe it is just about going down to the garden to eat worms.