I disagree. I find it quicker wiring, as long as I can sail consitantly on one hull and it's not too windy; when I was sailing a lot last year, too windy was about F5; I bet it's dropped to about F4 this year as I've only sailed about 6 times and the firts time there was enough wind wire doen wind was in June!!!!!! (Last time I sailed).
Not to be argumentative here...but:
Take a good look at any of the tuning sailing guides for down wind. There is essentaily a single setting for the sails all across the wind range on all of them. This means going down wind is about stearing and weight placement. heading out on the wire should only be done when there is sufficient wind to justify the added leverage and keep the proper VMG.
From what I have seen this is not until the wind is up to a pretty good clip. Once it is enough to truely justify it, there is not much room for more as the sea state starts to make it risky for those not very experienced and the added gains have to be weighed against swimming.
