Gees. What's it mean???...

The race was mostly upwind...According to Rick's report.. they carried the chute for just a few miles and the Supercat did not have a chute so it has a huge rating advantage in this kind of race. You need to race apples against apples if you want to make sense of this race. Eg the Supercat and the Nacra. If they race even up... the supercat wins the legs by 20 and 40 minutes... Kudo's to Bill.

That's the way it goes in distance racing. Who won... depends on what you think the race is about. IMO, Spin boats compete against one another, Sloop rigged boats do the same. ... Or do you value the Overall corrected time winner, the role of the dice by mother nature which rarely gives you a 50 50 upwind downwind race course determines the winner. (The results won't change based on a few perecent delta on the rating.) Oh Yeah, the M20 had a substantial lead until it hit the mud! How do you factor that into your performance computer?

In this race. The trophy that matters, based on its long history, is the elapsed time winner for the Ol Lawn Chair. It is what it is and it leads the story.