The EC22 was designed specifically to excel in the grueling Everglades Challenge. http://www.watertribe.com/RecordBook/PerformanceReports.aspx

The race requires boats to be launched off of the beach by the crew, able to unrig quickly to pass under fixed low bridges, able to row reasonably well, able to sail in 6" of water and be seaworthy enough to take whatever the Gulf of Mexico can dish out.