If there where no progress since 1970 how come no one uses a Unicorn A-cat to race with? Things change you know....

What kind of speed do we mean? Top speed, upwind/downwind race course or distance racing around islands?

The perfect round texel wind gives you little upwind/downwind sailing which means that the Uni rigged boats suffer. Is that the data we should use when comparing boats? The M18 won Texel once when there where bad texel conditions, only upwind/downwind in light winds. But we all know that the Tornado is faster. But in that Texel it was obvious for all that this was not a normal Texel race and it should not be used for speed comparision.

I don't agree that adding a triangle to the race course would make the M20 to loose against the Tornado. The M20 IS faster than the Tornado upwind and downwind but not when reaching. But will the speed differance in the reaching part of the added triangle be enough for the Tornado to get ahead, I don't think so.

The raced with two M20's in Lac le joux last weekend and both boats where 10 minutes ahead of the rest of the fleet. That included the new Ventilo (Uni), Tornado and some F20,F18 boats. The conditions wasn't heavy reaching, it was lighter winds and upwind/downwind.

/håkan