Wouter, youre right about the rudder stall, but only with the old rudder design,and the boat is quite a joy to sail otherwise. Its demanding no doubt, but I wouldnt do a distance race on anything else. I love my F18, and the F16 looks pretty cool too, but I wouldnt trek up the Atlantic coast on either one in a blow, I'll save those boats for the lakes. Im not saying they cant handle big wind or rough seas, just not 6 days of it, it would literally beat you death. Not many F18's or F16's beating the N20 boat for boat in any conditions around here, but then again the boys sailing the N20 are quite good, and the F16 fleet is just getting up to speed. So maybe one day we will see that here, but for now the N20 is still the dominate "fast" boat and the only boat for the Tybee.
Lunch Trey...you see how I defend your big heavy boat? You still need to get an F18....