What I was really surprised of was that I couldn't steer higher then the 2-up boat (and I was standing at the front stay). Do you have the same feeling or am I missing something?
I have found that I can not sail any higer 1 up vs 2 up. If anything I go better 2 up because at 70kg in winds over 10knots I tend to pinch more than I should sailing uni. It feels like I am going high but at the end of a leg I am lucky to be even.
There was an A I saw a few years ago that was fitted with a jib. They could go just as high as the uni boats, and a bit faster in the light to med stuff because of the added sail. Then they were a lot faster off the wind.
My personal view of the uni going to weather better is bunk. Its the driver.
Point noted this weekend with strange westerly winds and random chop. We ended up in a mix of H16's and could not point with them for a while. We could go faster, so just kept going sailing the wind and conditions we had at that moment.
