I think the reaching courses have gone away with the advent of the spinnaker cats. You are always on a hot reach downwind with a spinnaker cat! But if the RC has set a reach that is too high to cary the spinnaker, it's not so much fun. And then the next leg is usually too deep, which is slow, so they have to get it just right if the spin. boats are to be able to cary the spin and go fast on both legs.

But for the non-spin boats I think there should be a good, long hot reach leg, that is the most fun leg I think. The windsurfer trapazoid courses might be interesting to try on a non-spin boat.


Blade F16
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