edik - Wow! That Bornriff 33 is very interesting indeed. I will look into it further, and post again. Thanks for the tip!
PAR - No, I'll stand by that post in general - I certainly think the history is correct, and if there is an assumption, it would be in where steel...
Doug - Good question. I am not from the Great Lakes area and have never raced a Chicago-Macinac race so I don't know the Category they race...
I totally agree with Paul's post above, and Mike's comments by extension. It is all about seaworthiness; and I still question the wisdom in the...
Isn't a modern Race Committee supposted to scrutinize for basic seaworthiness? Or is it now just all about checking off all the right gear - an...
The French made steel, multi-chine, off-shore sailing designs popular in the 1970s. Almost all of these were professionally built, and followed...
I'll bet $10 that the Chi-Mac race committee bans extreme sport boats next year. And WingNuts was a very, very Xtreme round-the-bouys racer that...