I never said a heavy team couldn't make a boat perform it can certianly be done. The debate is, all things being equal and over the long run will a heavy or light team come out on top and IMO, light comes out on top every time. With the example you provided with Taylor you help make my point. Taylor did well in breeze against a very tough field and if the wind had backed off on Sunday there would have been no stopping him. The heavy teams would have hit the power up ceiling quickly while the light teams would still have power to spare.

I live in the land of the Falcon and light summer time breezes I know what an F16 does running light and it's simply no contest. My point, the advantage of a heavy team in breeze is minor compared to the advantage of a light team in soft breeze.

For the record I encourage everyone to run heavy, heavier the better IMO. For the F18 class I'd like to see everyone north of 400 pounds.