If there were 10 N20's entered and 2 F-18's then I'd be singing a different tune.

But with both fleets capable of being scored individually, why rely on a number to determine who the best sailor was?

Also, I'm not familiar with the race that Tek Kat is speaking of, but wouldn't "rounding" an island involve racing on potentially more than one point of sail?

Also, another thing... in 2005 the Tybee 500 included open class racing. A M20 and a N6.0 showed up. Thats it. The rest of the boats were N20's.

I fail to see how openning it up completely to handicap racing is going to promote more participation when it hasn't done so in the past.