I think personally that we don't should look to much to the professional sailors and there type of boats. It is more interesting to look at the amatuers who where there and not spending all there time on sailing boats. When you take the top 3 or maybe 5 they will go fast ob every type they will sail. If they swap boats then the results will be the same, personal i think Glen is still the best with the most hours on an A cat and therefore difficult to beat, when he is not start focussing on only the A class the gap is bigger then it was now, we have also to that the skills of Pete and Lars is extreme good.
When you look at the amateurs then the difference is much more interesting and you will see more difference ( still have to find this out because of lack of time) in the boat types and the rigs and masts used. I think the places 7 till 25 is the most intersting area to look and see what is happening there.

Regards,
Hans
A cat NED-7

PS.
I sure must say that the event was superb and all the volunteers did an extreme good job to get the event to a higher level. Thanks for the great time.