Mark,

I found an artical at sailnet talking about A cats. I would guess that the HT will be similar in performance.



"Also an iceboating fanatic, Hall likens the performance of A-Class cats to sailing DN Iceboats. "These boats are so refined and efficient, I mean they're really like a sailing machine….You can do the wild thing and fly a hull downwind, which is a lot like sailing iceboats." But perhaps the best thing about these craft, says Hall, is that they accommodate a broad range of sailors. He likes to point out that at the world championships in Italy—where the conditions ranged from six to 20 knots—the age span among the top 20 finishers ran from 21 to 57 and their weights ranged from 145 to 205 pounds. "I don't think there's any other class where—at the world level—you could come close to saying that."