"Monster Garage" boat being created for expedition race.

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5. Update:

Frankenscot, as the boat is called, completed the full course. 4th boat overall at the finish, and first monohull. Except for Randy Smyth's custom built tri well out front, Frankie was swapping positions with fast, well-sailed multihulls. 2nd overall was a modified Tornado, 3rd was Alan Stewart's custom trimaran... Frankie was ahead of each at various points, and finished close behind. Frankie becomes both the first sloop rig, and the first stayed rig, to win class 4. The wind was primarily light, except the afternoon and night of the first day saw 15-20 knots from behind. Frankie was exceptional on those conditions...sailing faster than the waves and becoming airborne leaping over the top, while tacking downwind with the 450 sq ft masthead asymmetrical spinnaker up. Later the crew throttled back and switched to a much smaller spinnaker to keep from damaging the boat early in the race (and to conserve their energy). They still managed to maintain a pace that forced several major competitors to break, and one to sink, in pressing too hard to keep up. Well done, guys!