Except possibly among existing H16 owners, I don't think you would find much interest in a long distance race on H16s. The boat is simply too small and slow for distance racing. I think the current vogue of spinnakers equiped beach cats is a direct result of adding spins to older cats (N6.0, H20) for distance racing. I sailed the Down The Bay Race (Chesapeake Bay) several times on my H16. It was at times fun but it was mostly brutal and I would never do it again.

The guys that sailed the W1000 in the original, H16 format: they had some sack!