This question is for racing sailors:
Which is your favorite point of sail for buoys racing -- windward or leeward or reach? And why -- because you are best at it? Or most challenging? Most tactics? Most skill? Most fun?

And if you had a choice for a distance race, what true wind would you want -- from dead astern, broad reach, beam reach, close reach, on the nose?

Would your choices be different depending on whether you are racing one-design or on handicap (since some boats excel on specific points of sail)?

I am just assuming that most non-racers would choose the beam reach just because it is the fastest and funnest, but other factors come into play when racing.