I certainly don't think these guys "suck" by any stretch. There's so much going on, I'd venture to say that while they probably couldn't win a Worlds on a beach cat, a beach cat sailor wouldn't even be close on these boats. Moving a beach cat around on the water with one other person aboard is just night and day different than dealing with anything larger, and with more crew (and complexity). I think their slow-boat instincts have hurt them at times, but that's a really easy thing to say from the comfort of one's keyboard.
I'd love an honest answer from Ashby or Dunbock as to whether they'd want to steer one of these things at this level. I sure would have liked the event if they'd at least been the tacticians.
