Asterisk

Flipping through the May edition of Sailing World last week, we came across a full page Doyle Sailmakers ad entitled "DOYLE PERFORMANCE"  The copy reads: " Doyle Sails is proud to have powered Bruce Schwab and his Open 60, Ocean Planet, to a [sic] historic non-stop, solo circumnavigation American record in the Vendee Globe 2004.  Bruce used a TRT Carbon/Vectran jib, Vectran staysail, Twaron genoa, Dacron reacher, and Stormlite Code 5 spinnakers.  Ready to make some history of your own?  Give us a call."

We'd just like to add that Bruce was also powered by an MSP Cuben Fiber mainsail (the only sail Bruce used all the time he was actually sailing).  We really can't fault Doyle for not mentioning someone else's product, but it's fairly common practice for sailmakers who claim boats on their "powered to victory" lists to add an asterisk down to fine print at the bottom that admits "partial inventory."  Consider it added...