Carl,
Good to get your input on the race. We have had several teams from overseas contact us regarding sailing F-18's but we have had very little interest from the NAF-18 crowd. We are prepared to give them a seperate start and their own class and awards. We are trying to orient this race for the sailors so they can sail what they want (within reason) but the majority of interest still comes from the I-20's and 6.0's. We would like to see the race eventually become 2 classes Formula 18 and Formula 20, but not until a true Formula 20 class is developed and becomes popular in the US. Are you planning on sailing in the Atlantic 1000 this year? I hope so just so I can see you challenge a cruise ship off Miami like you did last year.

Jon Britt
Outer Banks Catamaran Club

PS - I would really like to see the title of this index be changed to Distance Races and drop the Worrell 1000 reference since he stole $180,000 from our sailing community. The cancellation of the race and the ensuing theft of the team' s money has not done distance racing any favors and the sooner we can put it behind us and move on "blazing new trails" as Chuck Bargeron would say, the better off we all are. That is enough time on my soapbox today!

Jon