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Tom, Rolf: That's what I've been doing and I just can't shake the feeling it isn't quite right.

It's all Tim's fault! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I had been content following Seth, Robi and Tback around the course, trying to close the gap. Then Tim comes along and waxes everyone!

His spinnaker work is much different than everyone elses. Unless my eyes deceive me, he is sailing much deeper with little if any difference in speed.

Maybe we can prevail on him. Tim! You out there?


weight on the boat can be important when going downwind. If there is more weight on one boat than the other then the heavier will have to run higher to get the hull up whereas the lighter boat may be able to run deeper and have the hull up as well. I noticed this when I was sailing with an HT being sailed solo (so, other than a crazy amount of sail area, it was kind of the same set up). The HT ran way deeper than me- simply because it had to actually. I had to come up higher to get more speed/generate apparent wind.