I will concur..
As a helm that was heavier than my crew sailing the nacF18 [which is a bitch downwind in a breeze], i went through a spell of doing the trapezing downwind - OK in a straight line, but the corners did get a bit messy! experiment abandoned. problem solved by purchase of infusion!
Can you elaborate on the Nacra F18's downwind behaviour? I buried the bow a couple of times under spinnaker recently, in about 20 kts of wind, much to my surprize. I'm new to this boat, and I've not had this much difficulty with the other spin boats I've driven. Thanks!
Dave
I think that the F18 is one of the fastest hull shapes on flat water. we managed to win the UK inland champs 2 years on the trot! I would like to see an Infusion rig on one to see how it compares today.
There was something about the lack of rocker or the finess of the bows that meant that every time the boat was at low speed in wind and waves [ bearing off, gybing or the frickin' back beam slamming a wave]the bows went down.
I hate the feeling when you are sat a bit too far to windward before a start and you know that you have to bear right down and risk a dumb butt pitchpole as everyone else is sailing off. I got over this and the windward mark bear off by staying on the trapeze as long as i could [Risking the 'Peter Pan'], but coming out of a gybe or the back beam slamming - you just knew things were about to get lively and possibly messy! Ok so this may just be a quirk, but not boat is fast with 6' of bow trawling along under water.
