Man you guys are a bunch of whiners

OK I have pre-registered now. It will be cool to have a class, but my personal preference would be to be starting with everyone even though the scores may be separate. I know Rick, and the F18 class will want their own start for various reasons.

I feel the more people you can get on a start the better it makes the racing. It adds challenge to the race, and if you look the winning boats still come out on top no matter the make-up of the starting group. Some hack on a start line is a possability whether they are in your fleet or not, so knowing how to avoid them and run a good start despite the conditions is important, and I object to the comments from people assuming the hack is going to necessarily be on the smaller boat. My experience has usually been the opposite as the dangerous drivers seem to be those trying to buy speed with a bigger boat and have overstepped their abilities.

Winning a start in a big mixed fleet on a H16 is a cool feeling. (it doesn't last long becuse you soon get driven up or over) The tactics change as now you need an opening and you need to know about the boats around you. i.e. do not start with an A-cat close under you unless you know you can get on top of his wind before the gun goes off.

Hopefully the conditions will be good where we can get some good boat to boat racing no matter the starts.

Looking forward to it.

Matt