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[color:"blue"] In straight line he may be the quickest when he gets it going, but changing gears and getting round the course going to be another matter and will take a bit of training. [/color]


I took a look at Marstrom's A Cat whilst sailing the Nationals in Long Beach a few years ago. He had this really cool system that adjusted much of his rigging based on the tension of the mainsheet. For example while he was sailing in a breeze the harder he sheeted his main the tighter the downhaul, further back the rotator and maybe even the outhaul. When he was tacking and let off the main all would ease for power on the next tack then sheet in for speed. These where all adjustable for the different wind conditions with cleats on the hulls. Maybe Ben could figure that all out and just use the mainsheet while he is tacking for all those tweeks. I hope they let him sail with the wing if just for curiosity's sake.

Later,
Dan