Darryl, VERY cool video!

Waldo came over the other day and I got to see it. Man, it was great seeing you gank that Nacra at the mark!

I just have to say, that there is no way my converted Hobie 14 or Mystere or any other converted 14 foot boat could compete with a boat like that. We have a few one-offs on the east Coast, but at any regatta that lets us sail F14, it is usually Hobie 14s with Hooter, Hobie Turbos, Waves with Hooter, and Mysteres. It is nice to have a class with different boats, but I just wouldn't be interested in sailing against a custom built boat with daggers and all the latest technical upgrades.

With that said, I think that the introduction of that kind of boat in the US would pretty much kill the current F14 class and everyone would want to run an open 14 class with their own Portsmouth. Now, if everyone had something like the Alpha, it would be different.

It would probably (at least) split the class in two. I'm not beign negative, but I'm just curious what other people think..