Tim I get the impression you feel these guys acted irresponsibly, in my opinion that could not be further from the truth. The fact of the matter is that they must know how to sail these boats on the ragged edge even at the upper wind limit. What would be irresponsible is to have never sailed the boat at the upper wind limit during practice only to be forced to sail in those conditions at the championship totally unprepared.

I have no doubt that during the post day debrief they saw exactly what they did wrong and figured exactly what they have to to fix it. I think you really underestimate the talent, discipline and dedication these guys have.

If you're a player in the AC game you better have the scratch to play otherwise you're just wasting your time.