Saturday I pulled the crew trapeze wire off completely, and tied a line between the two bungees for the remaining single trap to run on. That cleans up the work space for me and allows me to get my weight further forward without getting onto the crew's wire. The result was that I was able to go to weather much better and actually slipped past Matt & Zack in 1 race (of 4 races)! That doesn't happen very often! Before Kelly Park the jib cleats and the self tacker are coming off. It seems that in the 6-8 knot range the boat points a little better if I sit right next to the mast rather than trying to crawl out on the hull. Currently, that means sitting on the jib cleat! Hopefully, getting back on board will be easier if the tacker is out of the way.

Oh! And I took Wouter's advice and opened everything up so the rig could breathe: no outhaul, minimum downhaul, no rotation, the very lightest sheet tension possible. When the wind picked up, it was necessary to limit the rotation a little, maybe 15 degrees?