Incidentally, thank you for your earlier expression of congratulation. That rarely happens—I suppose because I sail an F16, and everyone knows that the F16 has an unfair advantage
This is one reason why I always look at the elapsed time results for the US races; you have done very well on elapsed time as well and that is major achievement against US I-20's. But also as you say, even when scored against the F18 number you got out on top.
As a result I think personal congratulations are very much in order.
Wouter