Thx,

yea, I kinda figa option #1 is my best bet. I'm known to over reach my abilities sometimes and so getting into a "race rig" is probably too big a step at this time.

For example, even the docile cat we had on vacation I was "pushing" ... my wife was getting nevous when we'd even approach lifting a hull (she did tho LOVE when getting it up to speed). When I almost pitchpoled it (but did recover), she lost her smile <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />