Yes, that old thread was about survival sailing, not racing <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
We would probably have taken the gold if we had gone for survival instead of full-out racing in this years scandinavian Tornado champs. The key to win was to finish, so we missed out there. Lesson learnt, but still need to find the transit point. Anyway, going downwind is not that difficult, but the transit from upwind to downwind is interesting.