I admit that Mike has had too much coffee this morning !!

Consistency won. Taylor/Matt are damn good on the F16 and had good practice time on the same waters and boat (cut down main?) the week before. They are very skilled and proved that they can sail in light and high winds. I was not there and do not know the circumstances but 1 bad luck/lost focused race flushed them and was the difference between the Cup and 2nd. There were other recognizable F16 teams that had consistency issues also that would have been in the hunt otherwise. They would do well in the lighter wind races but would have 1 or 2 poor results in similar winds. If anything, the way to NOT win is to get flushed.

Whatever the case, they are all great sailors and I am lucky anytime I get to compete (I use the term loosely) against any of the competitors at the event.