I'll chime in on this since I have been involved with windsurfing race management and worked with the US Boardsailing Team in the late eighties.

Friends and neighbors, wearing a USCG pfd over a harness is really not in the best interest of performance or safety, and Gebi will never carry a radio with him on his kiteboard unless he might be using it for coaching.

Too bad that the mast was not tethered to the board. I find it a titch ironic that the Class winner lost her board and had to be rescued by, I presume, Nevin Sayre's son. That had to be soooo embarrassing...

You think women trimmers on Melges 24s are SCOTW - you should have seen the gals' pumping skills and endurance during the Miami OCR. PFDs and radios for windsurfing...are you kidding?