The big "IF". When we have to race against an F18 on handicap, it's not fair to do it with old technology sails when the number for the F18 isn't moving much but the sail plan is.
It sucks to finish so far ahead of one that you can't see it on the horizon and see him ahead of you on the line the next day. You can relate.
Hey Ding! Watch this!
This perfectly makes my prior point and this was clearly illuminated during the last Tybee 500. A strict measurement based handicap system can't accomodate for the differences between an open box rule (like F18) and a strict one design class (like N20). I'm not saying that if the wind was different, that they N20 wouldn't have been the boat to be on...I'm just saying.
