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GRF fan club? Dude you've no idea.. I've p.issed off just about every last one of the posters on this forum at one time or other, regaled, reviled, there's no fan club here, there may be a grudging acknowledgement that some of the bollox I come out with has an element of truth in its ironical delivery, but fan club?

 Shut up, you're the only real fan I've got.

Now as for the target, I've done it, there is absolutely no question that if I set out round a course in this boat and sailed against myself in either the 700 or the MPS, I would win by a country mile.

Now that doesn't mean some lard boy sailing an MPS wouldn't beat me, but then he would if I were on the MPS, but at least this way I won't be capsizing 18 times in the attempt and at the end of the day this is what the exercise is all about.

And if you did but see it the same could be said for you, given just basic handling capability. 

The stronger the wind the more it would become true for even the likes of that Sten guy, likely he'd get this faster round a course than he would his own boat, he certainly aint going to pitch pole it.

No doubt there are going to be conditions when this thing is a total dog (I've yet to find them it still kept going fair enough in the total lulls yesterday and I guess a Firefly or Albacore would be faster but some of us wouldn't be seen dead in anything like those, or Solos, or Hiking trusses, or Roosterwear, or Gil vests or Peter Storm wellies and we want the thrill of absolute performance, but as things stand right now we can't have it because we don't have the time to practise, well that all ends as of now.

For me at least...

You will have to cope with your topper a while longer.