Mary remembers the Hobie 18 SX Nationals just like I do and I sailed in it: this new tall rig tended to pitchpole much more readily than the stock TheMightyHobie18 that everyone was used to- 20+ knot air. Having no picnic tables did not help much, but I never did get blown over- it was pitchpoling that was the bloody nuisance. The bottom of the bay at Erie must have 500 battens on the bottom, as the new sail design had just a strap across the batten end. These straps tore off on the first tack in a breeze because the battens were so long, and some boats nearly lost every batten on the first capsize. Not much development time was involved, I think, eh? Lots of breeze that regatta! Good job that no new spinnakers were available for the regatta. Boy, would that have been fun! I never saw a H18SX beat a stock TheMightyHobie18 round the cans, but nobody much tried. Thus the PN#s that are posted.