Thank you for your responses. I must admit my origanal post was ment to inflame controversy. While I will stick to my origanal thought that the Worrell boat should be the the biggest and baddest let me explain why. Since I watched the first Worrel tape I ever had the pleasure to catch in Michigan back in the mid eighties when they were running chutes on H-18s, N 5.8 and of course Randy's P-19 the Worrell was the cutting edge of men (or women) and machines. I wholeheartedly agree it is about the sailors...but it is also about the boats. The cat side of the the sport is more about the boat than any other venue in sailing. The last time the star boat had a really major change was back in about 1920 when they went from a gaff rigg to pin head. I think the open tech class may satisfy both sides. Lets build fast new light boats and make any crew weight a contender.