Mark, I guess I haven't been reading enough lately. Where did Jeff Alter propose this? I think he might be on the right track. I'm 100% behind anybody who pushes and promotes to get a one-design class going -- whether it is Jeff Alter with the Tigers or W.F. Oliver with the F-18HT's, or Rick White with the Waves or Bryan Perrin with the Sharks or the Olympic class contenders with the Tornadoes.

You will never convince me that open class racing around the buoys is anything but a poor substitute for one-design racing. To me, five boats racing one-design is better than 20 boats on Portsmouth. In fact, THREE boats racing one-design is better.