Also, to us mere mortals, I really don't get the whole strikerless beam thing...I can see that it might make a slight feel difference when straddling chop but for 90% of the sailing I do, I've never had it touch the water. Why go to the extra expense and weight of a strikerless front beam if you're trying to get cost and weight out of a platform? The performance difference (and perceptual difference) is negligible in my opinion.