Wouter, after extensive testing and practice, I think I have solved the "high powered downwind sailing issue" with my Blade. The key is to sit way back, pull both boards half way up so you can put your outside foot up against the back of one, to keep you from sliding foreward, drive it deep ahead of any big puff and keep the bows up so you are planing over the tops of the waves, not digging into them, if you can, depends on wave size.

I have found this to be quicker to get from A mark to C mark sailing Uni in high wind, vs. trying to trap and fly a hull, which will drive the low bow down and you will stuff much more often.

Go deep and plane on two hulls instead of trying to fly a hull, when it is blowing. That is the key to the sharp bows of the Blade, going downwind in a good breeze.

In medium to lighter wind, I keep both board down to promote flying a hull as soon as possible, then go downwind on one hull only as much as possible.

Oh, and Seth Stern, sailing a stock Taipan 4.9 Uni, won a race at Gulfport last week, over several Vipers, M+G on the new Falcon, and some Blades as well. The Taipans are still very fast boats if you know how to sail them. I would not count them out.