None of the semis or finals were in "big winds". The most we ever saw consistently at the pin was high teens, and most of the finals were less than 15 kts. (Compared to the Masters, when we had 35+ one day - and the plug was pulled at ~25 kts when boats and people started to break.)

The US teams were getting crappy starts - even Jeff Alter. We don't get practice with 56 boat starts, and you don't get that at a training camp, either.

What I did witness was appalling lack of sportsmanship, ignorance of the rules and downright bullying, especially on the part of some of the New Calendonian teams.