Mark, I have NEVER wanted to sail handicap maybe it was those years as a kid sailing in the Opti fleet that ruined me!
You want to sail open, knock yourself out, I for one want no part of it. I'd rather sail against 5 teams straight up rather than 15 against the clock. When you finish 10 minutes ahead or behind someone you are no longer racing them, you're racing the clock, and racing the clock is not what I'm in it for.
I will shamelessly promote OD/Formula racing because that is what I enjoy. You don't and that is your choice but don't condemn me for it, and don't blame the decline of open racing or multihull racing in general on the OD/Formula fleets.
Yes the "Frankenboat" is mine (the term not the boat), and yes I will NEVER say the current handicaping system is fair! As far as I'm concerned the handicap system is a fairy tail.
I heard a rumor that the Olympics are thinking about an open multihull class, any truth to that?
David Ingram
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