Thanks for your reply on the 16 Matt. I had heard of a couple of those things. I'll be at my local dealer soon and look at a new boat to see those things up close & personal. Regarding the 14, I'm actually more interested in those changes. I know they haven't made any new boats in the last decade (I have an 83), but I have heard that there may be some significant modifications in recent years that racers are doing to the boats and I want to understand them. I believe they may include mast rotation and mast rake - somehow letting the mast rake radically forward on downwind legs? Thanks.