I'm hoping some fellow 6.0 sailors came help me out on this one. I race in a mixed fleet of Hobie 20's, A-cats, Nacra 5.8's and Inter 20's. I've been racing my 6.0 for a couple of months now (on a weekly basis) and have been very happy with how this boat sails. However, I've got some pointing issues. If I try and sail as high as the Hobie 20's or the other Nacra's she just falls on her face (really slow)but if I fall off about 5 degrees she really comes alive and takes off. Of course now I have to sail a lot of extra distance to the windward mark, so my extra speed is being eaten up by the extra distance. I feel like I must have something set wrong, but I can't figure out what it is. What kind of mast rake should I have on it? What other types of adjustments might improve my pointing ability.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


Alec D.
Pirates of the Chesapeake www.teampiratesofthechesapeake.com
Nacra20 1057 - Crew
F16 Viper 152 - Uni