Indeed Joseph Toth of Toysport was there as he usually is, he has a reputation for being a hard man to overtake with very good driving. Rough conditions in the first 2 rounds helped I'm sure but I was very surprised to see 2 non-stepped hulls in the final, I haven't seen one doing well in the UK for years, so there is some hope for USA monos. It was good to see the Belgiums doing well in Monos, they often come to the UK nationals as show us how it is done, so it is nice to know they really are that good and can show the rest of the world how it is done too, 3 of them in the M2 final ended up 1-2-6 but Dave who came 6th took the early lead and was pulling away but unluckily hit some weed and got stuck, it could easily have been Belgium 1-2-3.
Thanks I was very happy with my lightly modified JAE.21FE (no ski, and motor in front, battery in back for high polar moment of inertia) in Hydro2, I was maybe lucky with the conditions as it was quite rough on the first few days which suits me but after the second race I was in 4th hoping for a place in the final, but on the start of the calmer 3rd race I went nowhere, my speedo died in the minute or so between testing it for the judge and trying to start, as it was calmer the laptimes were lower and I slipped down from 4th to 8th.
I only heard 1 comment about the Sirrius and that was from an ETTI driver who said he had to bring it but would prefer to race his old boat if he was allowed to.
Tom's Exegas are chopped down the keel line and a strip down the middle of the deck is removed so it has more deadrise, making it turn better and behave better in the rough. The deck is flattened at the front and the hull is brought up to it so it has more lift up front and dives less. There are probably many less obvious changes too. Tom has molds for his version and there was some talk of it becoming available, not sure if it would be through ETTI or direct from Tom though.
ETTIs run very nicely indeed but they do tend to dive for the bottom from time to time, this one is an Envoy, but they share the trait with Exegas and Sabres.
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My buddy George's stock Exega, note the deck goes down to meet the hull as much as the hull comes up to meet the deck.
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Tom's Exega, note the hull comes right up to the top of deck level at the front, the narrower cockpit and more pronounced dip at the rear.
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