Hi David,
Of course it did, but the winds for the first day of racing were double trapezing with white caps for the first four hours, from start until 1:00pm. Then the winds got lighter by 2:00pm, no traps, and by around 3:00pm to 3:30pm the wind stopped and we paddled in the last mile.
If you want to get into technical issues, 38ft mast etc; the boat we were sailing weighs 550 lbs by Boston Whaler and the class min weight for a SC20 is 450 lbs.
One of Tom Haberman's new ARC22 boats at 450lbs would have gone over the horrizon on us.
Bill