[SailorMitch]

Jeff,

It''s late. I''m going out of town tomorrow and don''t really have the time for this. ''Tis true I only have a liberal arts degree from William and Mary, so my comments on naval architecture could have errors. But I am fully aware that Isabelle was not racing in VOR boats when she turned turtle (twice I believe). I only brought up VOR boats because someone else had in the Wide Ass series to support their argument. The first Pride of Balto was primarily designed as a dockside attraction and not really to go to sea. Did you know that? Besides, it didn''t turn turtle anyway. Pride II was designed to go to sea from day one. With all due respect, you missed the two main points of what I wrote: the Sailing World article doesn''t support the broad stern argument, and we all should stop showing off and go sailing. Please reread my last paragraph in my first post on this topic. That is what it''s all about.