I am not a lake sailor and the light shifty winds I seem to always encounter at races is difficult for me. The boat goes to weather well. I still need to work on mast prebend as the main tends to be disturbed low and windward, ie lower windward tell-tell will not fly back. I recently broke my endpole system and switched to a midpole. I purchased another used spin but it is only 19m and too full to run hot, does have 3 patches however. My other chute has 2 patches and I haven't checked yet to see if it will snuff without a third patch. The jib system works great, very pleased with that addition. It would be great to attend an event with 10-15kts wind and really test it out but that hasn't occured yet. In the ocean against other 18's it is superior, upwind in light stuff against 18's it is slightly faster. The lift F18's experience from the daggers is very noticable and my boat doesn't lift in that manner. I need to get serious about tuning the boat but I have too many other interests currently. I left the race a day early this weekend to compete in a mt. bike race, too many hobbies and too little time. I would say overall I'm very pleased with the boat!!