To Fossett's credit, his boat simply wasn't well tested when he attempted "The Race". The sails were admittedly known to be lacking and after several delays attempting to repair failures a dagger board broke after which they decided to withdraw. Speaking from my armchair, I don't think they failed from unwillingness but rather from a lack of preparation (and time). O.K., so he is taking on a bunch of solo record attempts but what else is he going to do with that boat? It's not a very popular class!

(I was going to say that it's not a large class - but that would contradictory!)