Alex Shafer (Inter 20 Nat. Champ) just sailed the Key West Race Week on a Melges 32, they came in 2nd overall in a very tough fleet. If not for the throw out, they would have been first. He jumps back and forth all the time. The basics of tactics, strategy and boat handling apply no matter what you sail. I have no desire to go back to riding a rail as ballast, hanging over a life line, looking outwards instead of at the sails, slowly, but lots of people seem to like it and even call it "Sailing". <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />