Actually, it wasn't that bad. It wasn't the F-18HT's fault when the Marshacks capsized right after the start and a Nacra 6.0 ran over their mainsail.

And when the mast fell down on an F-18HT because the forestay broke, there was no damage, and they can easily beef up the stays, if necessary, for the Worrell.

The only serious-sounding problem was the transom pulling out on Randy Smyth's boat. The lower gudgeon pulled out and took a pretty big chunk of transom with it. Both he and his crew, Richard Feeney, said they did not hit anything -- just sailing fast and hit a patch of slow water, I guess.

It is good that they are having the chance to find the weak points now in a closed-course environment, so they can correct them before the Worrell.

And, by the way, Randy says the new rudder system that various people, including him, have been working on is almost ready to go -- stronger blades and better up-and-down system.

P.S. I just realized this post sounds like I am somehow in favor of the Jav 2 as the Worrell 1000 boat, which is absolutely not the case. I would like to see more races like this one before the Worrell so the sailors can find the weak points and fix them.