Was sailing earlier this week on the boat, lighter air (maybe 5 knots) and had the spin up with the rachets off. WEll a little puff hit, nothing over 8 knots if that, and I felt all the power in the spin. Damn. Well I have been out in 10 or so knots with the spin up and the rachets on, not to bad but I got to thinking in a good breeze that beast is gonna be hard to trim in. Now maybe i just need to hit the gym more (do they test for steriods in the F16 races?) but was wondering if any one has made some modifications to the standard blade setup to make this easier especially when solo?

Also in the light stuff noticed that if the main is centerd and I am trying to move forward the tiller extentsion is limited in movement by the mainsheet blocks. Let the traveler down maybe an inch and then I am able to sit but the mast and have normal steering. So what is more important centering the traveler that last little inch or sitting as farforward and leward as possible.

thanks for the help.