Thanks for your input, greatly appreciated. We will stay with the 2 man crew on the F-16's but allow them to race. This is a ocean race and we have seen some testy conditions on this race before. I believe it was last year, that on a pitch pole event, the crew was totally ejected and had to rely on a fisherman with a speedy boat to catch up with the sailing Cat to return the crew aboard. It is not a place for novices. This race is normally a down wind run, sometimes at breakneck speeds. W Green