OK, I am just objecting to the rewriting of history looking for that rascal in the weeds who screwed Mike and then scrwed the sailors..
... My version comes from a conversations with Mike Worrel early in the game. He told me he could not get a deal with the F18 builders. (True... not true?) certainly not gossip since I spoke with him directly on the balconey at Alexanders in Va Beach. Was he Spining me..... probably
He got a deal he liked with Bimare. Obviously true... that was the race.
I also spoke frequently with WF. the the Bim dealer. His point of view is also biased. (His role... import the 10 charter boats and support the platforms in the race and deal with the factory... not run or finace the event. This was according to him a Mike Worrel production and not his or the HT class event. (True or not true or spin)?
What's not known is how the charter boats were financed, what secured the credit (besides the boats) and where did the sailors' money go?
You are just asserting that I have it all wrong... OK... Perfectly willing to change my understanding. But it looks like Mike Worrel is responsible and certainly not some mysterious rasputin character.
You claim to know more facts... but they are not public....
so.. If there is a more accurate and complete story.. What is it? Who's point of view? Who did what? Where did the money go? What's the point of not presenting Mike's point of view?
Without those facts... It's really very hard to believe this statement:
"He doesn't deserve the lion's share of the fault."
Well who then?
Sunlight is a great disinfectant!
Todd... You only had ONE WORD in you???.... hard to believe..
With such an untold story... Why do you think sailors will trust Mike to pull off a real event? Makes no sense!
RE Spring Fever... Well you know I have issues with Spring Fever and they haven't changed anything so I will pass. Perhaps you will make it to Va Beach for the Sail the bay regatta A Class start when the Worrel race craters. Besides, I am working on two other boats for the season besides the A cat.
