Here's another picture of the mast rake I liked. Note that I was running the spinnaker pole in the low position. This was taken on my beach in front of my house on a 10-12 knot day with fair seas.
As you may have guessed, I have more fun experimenting these days than racing. I gave up my Hobie 18 and 17 for the Taipan and don't miss all that weight!
