Mike L. - the skipper of 13 couldn't identify the boat that fouled her (it wasn't 53 - the photo was taken about 10 seconds after the incident started. 53 was well back at the time of the incident). We (the RC) probably could have sussed it out, but we felt that boat-on-boat incidents should be handled between the boats without the RC injecting themselves into the incident (we were happy to be witnesses to anything we saw).

BTW, the finish tape from that incident is pretty funny. Lots of "Look out!", "$hit!!!" and muffled sounds of us heading to the back of the boat, then back up to free 13 from the anchor line (she hooked it with her bow, even though it was weighted straight down).

Mike M. - you will be waiting a long time for suggestions from me on improving North America's performance at worlds - like forever. The performance of the NA team at world events affects ~ 20 people. There are a lot more important things - like keeping the sport alive in NA - that we need to focus on.

When there's no one left sailing Hobie 16s in NA, the worlds won't matter to anyone here.