The best cat sailors tend to adopt quickly to new cat designs.

If we're talking about switching between two designs within the same discipline (e.g. spin boats), it's not too much of a shock to me for someone at Bundock's level to make an easy transition. Leading in their first regatta on the boat certainly is impressive, and undoubtedly frustrating to those with more time on the design.

Now, if a 420 team were able to pull this off, that would certainly get some attention. The brain trust at US Sailing was considering this as a pathway option...

Mike