Just curious - the Tybee 500 was part of the Atlantic 1000 if I understand correctly, essentially the "first leg", and took over from the W1000. Does the full Atlantic 1000 still happen ?
I`m sure if the F18 class is included it may be easier to attract more international teams, since there are a lot more folks sailing F18`s than I-20`s, so the access to the right boat is more widespread. Perhaps it would be better to have the event on F18`s only, then there is no fear of not being on the right boat to win the race ? I know such a suggestion will annoy the I-20 guys (it`s a great boat, just not as widespread as F18). If the organisers want to bring the event back to the status the W1000 had, they might want to consider it.