SPOT, the name suits it well. We tried to promote it a bit in the GT last year and found the on the water feedback to be a bit "SPOTty" and decided not to deal with them again this year. No teams are discouraged from using them, however, we are not promoting them. I think they are great in a certain capacity but not as a requirement.

Back to the F18 subject; As a N20 sailor, I am hoping to see more of the F18 crowd do these races. The boats are pretty equal in performance now with the evolution of the F18 rig. The 18's proved their capability, now lets hope it wasn't a one time deal. They've been doing it in the GT for years now, so no reason to not do it in the Tybee 500.