In a buoys race, it's kinda hard more than one of each on a W/L course. I mean, what goes up(wind), must come down. It seems reaching legs are all but forgotten now. At a recent regatta on Galveston Bay, there was one reaching leg total, out of 5 races! We've already had a discussion on the pros and cons of a reaching leg. Personally, I prefer reaching legs, at either end of the course. I do like the more recent skill acquistion of sailing my spinaker, which of course is more off the wind, but do I feel I seem to excell more going to weather.