It's all about the sails.

First of all... the spin's were blowing up.... This is just unbelievable and obviously... very tough to compete with holes in your sails.

Our local team Pirates of the Chesapeake, got a new mainsail for the race... It was so full that the guys spent days trying everything short of tearing it up and rebuilding it. Maybe the more Nacra 20 centered Tybee sailors had some magic for them but I doubt it.

The spinnaker has only one gear. The F18 spins followed up on the Tornado development and are much better then the One design shape of the N20.

Both boats are 400 lbs, and 8.5 feet wide.... so... you would expect the one with the bigger motor to win in light winds seen this year... Since it's not even close... look no further then the sails.

World wide... you have F18's, F16's Tornado's, Marstrom 20's all open to sailmakers.... Only the Nacra 20 class continues with the SMOD model. Now we have a lot of evidence showing us the problem for the sailors who spend their money on lousy sails.