Tim: We are not world class racers by any stretch, but we have made huge advances on the competition by Downwind Trapping on the F-18, overtaking people 20 boatlengths ahead of us on quite a few occasions. Only works well when the wind is honking and you're deeper on the course than your competion. Difference is being able to do it early and hold it as long as possible to maintain the speed advantage.

AND, I've whined about not having a spinnaker on my CATNIP for the last year, but on my Boyer ya don't need it to fly a downwind hull.
Sell a horse, Buy an ACAT.
ya won't regret . . .
CARY
Boyer ACAT Mk IV