Thanks for remembering Rick

Several things happened with Cyndi and the Wave. Her health has not been that good and we lost most of our sailing locations to Ike but there was an unfortunate incident a couple a year ago. We were racing A-Class at HYC. I rigged the Wave and left it for her. All she had to was raise the main and the hooter. Unfortunately some Tornado sailors helped her with the boat. It would not point(there was beer involved too). We thought she was cruising the bay. She could not point high enough to get to the beach. When she got back she claimed she would never get on that "plastic bathtub toy again" and she hasn't.

yes we live in Houston. If I can fly a hull, the other boats are in the dust. On a normal 6-10 kt night, I am fighting it out with Olympic level little girls who tack on every puff and on every tack always seem to gain not quite enough speed to be protested.

What do you mean by stiff lower battens? Big boat black Magic battens stiff, Laser boom stiff, or for really stiff I have section of Marstrom aluminum/carbon rudder crossbeam. It does not flex, it just breaks? I have a huge selection of old battens other things.