Comment to all,



The Worrell boats are an excellant proving ground.



The next years race will indeed prove to be very interesting.



However, hull design, lightness, sail/mast configuration all must pass the ulitmate physics laboratory,...the offshore open ocean.



I have seen the I-20 perform in conditions that a'normal' person would not go out in. The I-20 passes the test of a open ocean boat.



Let me give you an example. Blowing 25mph in 3-4 foot sustained seas, the I-20 lifts a hull and drives upwind so comfortably that the crew was having a casual conversation about the upcoming mark rounding,...(where I was white knuckleing it all the way watching them go past me, close enough to hear them talk)..



The true test is leg #12 and the Finish leg of this years Worrell 1000,.........will the new boat withstand this ultimate 'physics' lab..........



Bruce

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands