Yes Gary, isn't helming a Tornado a really good time. A crew to boss around and put all blame on when things dont go so well <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

1:15 do sound excessive. We had a 1:9, and that was OK. Kind of a nice workout on windy days. Using legs instead of the back/arms was the trick.

How was the boat compared to the F-16? Feel like saying something which might even end up on our website (make it neutral, so we dont p**s off the T sailors. They have enough gloom to work with these days)?