The "super sloop" is one of the main attractions of the T4.9! Thanks for tuning us up to the terminology, I hadn't heard the term "super sloop" before! I enjoy sailing solo, and the ability to use the jib or leave it off is huge. Decisions, decisions!! It is sometimes difficult to know which way to rig Sat morning for the whole weekend of racing. In 5-10 mph you just can't beat the super sloop!! I have done some limited racing with varied success in the super sloop config. I have only raced once Uni. In my situation, I just don't have that much experience sailing Uni and the boat often feels stalled. Being a habitual "pincher", the jib keeps you honest and forces you to drive the boat instead of pinching it.

Portsmouth can be a real issue here. Seems to me you would take the T4.9 uni (69.9) and correct it for a small headsail JS (68.2). However I was at a regatta last fall and they took the T4.9 sloop (68.1) and corrected it for underweight L4 (66.06). The numbers were different then, before the last portsmouth revision. Hard to correct a boat for underweight if the class has no minimum weight? I felt under those circumstances, I'd been better off sailing the straight up T4.9 Uni.

At another regatta, I was holding position with well sailed H20's in 5-10 in the super sloop config. Based on the H20 rating of 64.9, either number above is pretty sweet.

Haven't had the 'nads to pull the kite in a race.