18HT death.... lets do it. It didn't have much to do with some dude spending 50k spicing one up though.

You know that some companies that make F18s have to overbuild them ON PURPOSE to get up to weight? I find that silly.

I think I have some money to throw around. What could I get if I had Matt make me a one off all carbon boat with canted hulls, foil rudders, carbon mast, carbon beams, wing sail? hmmm.... what else could I get? In the end I would have to add weight. And, some dude who knew how to sail better would still beat me. Even if I did all of that and ended up with a 50k boat, according to the rules AS THEY ARE NOW, I do NOT think I could buy myself wins.
And my 2c- 4-10kg means NOTHING when you look at the variability in crew weights.