Bob Hodges is spot on, and he has my support. Bob did a fine job of salvaging the G to P for multihulls, because after Rice's last-minute completely unfounded interjections, the OA for G to P was likely to oust multihulls altogether, and no wonder. There needs to be one clear focused contact point for the GYA multihull representation to the RC for G to P, and Rice is not that person.

I now have a 'cruising' catamaran, and am in touch with a few others down here and am in hopes to get other large multihulls, somewhat less performance oriented than the trimarans to participate next year. Bob, that would be Elenbaas' Lagoon, Hulse's Leopard, and maybe I can get another Leopard, maybe we might get Pedersen's Piver, who knows? Roger Evans (F28 aluminum stick) has clearly stated that like me, he will absolutely not participate in a race if he hears one iota that Rice is involved in it.

I should think that there is no reason that 20 foot and larger beach-cats can't participate, but that should be ironed out in the Winter GYA Meeting when such things are done, not two weeks before the race and outside the purvey of the GYA Multihull Council Chairman.

PS. If synthetic line is good enough for standing rigging, it's just fine for trapezes. This is another example of how the safety rules aren't being purveyed by people who know something about multihull safety.