Lee,

Dave and I have done the T500 and GT300 on 18HT, F18, N20, and F20c.

The F20c is my choice - period...

I know we chewed up the F20c's pretty good in the GT300 last year, but realistically I had 1st gen boards that weren't up to the task. That was the only let down. Boat #2 flipped in the surf and broke the mast - that happens to every boat. When I switched over to #2's boards, we couldn't break them, no matter how hard I pushed the boat.

You were there and sailed in those conditions. We were never concerned that we were not going to make it back to shore - well maybe when we were 25 miles offshore with a hull full of water...

Dave made the comment at some point - what are we going to do it this thing starts to sink on us? I replied - "well I always wanted to ride in a helicopter..."

But again - the F20c was the sweetest cat I've ever sailed, both inshore and offshore, bouys and distance.

I already miss that boat...