The 'swimming is slow' thing was not directed at you personally, just a reminder that when you push it too hard, you can swim, and I've done more than my share of it. So when I go downwind in big air, I start out conservatively, going deep, then slowly heat it up, if it gets too wild, I go deep again, on two hulls. But I always try to push it up a notch or two when conditions permit. And this is my 4th spinnaker cat, so I've had 7 years to work on it here on my lake. There is definately a technique to it. Practice is the answer.

You caught me in that last race, I should be asking you what you were doing. I think I went to the wrong side of the course on the second beat. Did you go to the left side or right (looking upwind)?