I can count the number of times I had the back beam slap on the Capricorn over four years on two hands. I'm sure my Euro and Aussie friends sail in bigger seas than I do, but I just never saw the beam height as a real issue.

I felt one slap on the C2 at Worlds. Came close once in San Francisco, and once in Racine. None here at home or in Texas at the Alter Cup in July. Didn't get a full season, but close.