Another thing that is wrong with sailing a smaller boat in an open distance race is the handicap system. That's why we like to watch distance races like the Tybee 500. Most of the boats are the same. It's all about the sailors.

Whereas, in our local RTI, you can race anything from a Mystere 4.3 to an RC27. Let's say the Mystere guy wins on handicap. Nice. Congrats! But the problem is everyone has already finished the race, party'd hard , had dinner, and hit the sack!! Poor ole Mystere guy is like what the F%$K! I just kicked all your butts, and you don't even know it. The other guys are like ...yeah, your handicap has got to be wrong!!

I'm thinking I would enjoy sailing RTI over there in Ft. Walton Beach on a Super Cat 22. Now that would be a good boat for a race like that. Or make everyone sail a Hobie 16 in a separate division from the handicappers. Now that would be a race! A little RTI Ironman...................

Tom

Anybody got a SuperCat 22 for charter around the time of RTI in Ft. Walton.... (-: