We stuffed the bows of my N20 far enough in to break the spinn pole (mid-pole not end) and still recovered! We were doing around 25 knots in the Great Texas in about 6 foot seas only about 1 mile from the finish in the lead. When we got the pole stowed on the tramp we ended up in 3rd. The guys behind us got a hell of a show. I don't think any other boat could handle that. I constanly stuff the FX-1 to the cross beam and recover.
Lee/Team Chums