Hi Mary,
I agree with most of what you said except the development class being involved . That was tried and was Very expensive. I believe Carl Roberts and Randy both had boats in that year, not sure who else. I do know that few if any of the development boats made it. So on top of creating an arms race you introduce some serious safety concerns.It's bad enough with a known commodity.
Hope to see you and Rick at the Miami-Key Largo
Todd A. Hart
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