In my confused and exhausted state I'm trying to wrap my head around this to see what the problem is.

First, I think this was the closest N20 racing I've seen since the 2001 Worrell 1000! Congratulations to Steve and Jay on the win! I don't think Chuck is ever going to "exclude" any five of the same class boats who come with a check for entry, within reason of course. If he used the term "phase out" it is not a proper statement though.

He does show some foresight in thinking F18s are the "future." It is one of the most popular classes in the world now, mono or multi. He wants to grow his race and the best way to do that is to get one of the fastest growing fleets in the world to participate. Who can fault him for this? Yes, this year is the first year that F18s have shown up with any force, and the 20 was still the largest fleet. I don't see this as Chuck turning his back on the 20s. Congratulations to Mischa and Eduard on the F18 win!

With regard to the corrected time placings, I held my thanks for the organizers, race committee, Carrie, our sailing partners, TVS, Robbob and Mariooo, and the sailors for making the event the success it was this year during the class prizegiving because I thought the corrected time prizegiving would be more important. However, JW just whizzed through the corrected time places at the end, so I didn't get to give my speech. During the prizegiving, without a doubt more focus was given to the individual classes over the overall corrected. This was definately done on purpose to give more importance to the individual classes over the corrected.

The conditions didn't matter much to us. We were always guaging off of any boat around us, making adjustments, and trying to pass every boat on the course. We were racing everyone, working on placement on the course, leverage and boatspeed. No matter what cat we would have been on, our mindset would have been the same.

I have a bit of a unique position here, as I've competed in this race on both the N20 and the Tiger. I REALLY enjoy sailing both platforms in this race. Of course, there is enough room for both classes to participate in the Tybee.

I did want to win, but what is also important is the adventure and comraderie of this race. There was plenty of adventure, and I consider everyone at the event a friend, and I was glad to see you all. I only wish we had a layday to party it up a bit. I had an incredible amount of fun on and off the water!

I especially want to congratulate all of the first-timers who did the race. No matter what boat you were on, I'm sure you're hooked and are the future of races like this. I have known most of you for quite a while now, and I was proud to go up the coast with you. See you next year!