My first sail on my new used H-16 with the wife I raised the jib to the top cleated it down and went sailing winds 18 to 22 Flew a hull across the lake nice control very fast. That nite I reread the assembly manuel it states to downhual the jib so there is 4 inches of slack in the forstay. So the following day I did just that with the same conditions 18 - 22 the boat felt like the hulls were full of water slow no flying. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> So someone teach me about mast rake please and do I shorten the side shrouds to keep the rake aft? Thanks for your time and expertise