Well said Kirt. Not gonna try and beat Wouter on stats, but even he says reports are conflicting from different sources. New boat not enough people with experience on it yet. To me, it's just simple physics, there are times when it's just you against the boat.

Lighter boat means easier manageability of the craft under those circumstances where more of your effort is needed just to manupulate the weight of the boat. I could muscle my H-17's weight most any direction I wanted or needed, My 5.5's a different story, have to finesse the mass of the boat since I can't outmuscle it.

CARY