hi All,

I have an 09 Viper which is pretty new to me and have a few questions I am hoping someone can help me with. I sail the boat fairly light 125 Kg in 2-up mode and 75Kg in 1-up Mode. I sail in a mixed fleet F18’s, F17’s, Taipans.

In either mode I can’t seem to point very high and am wondering whether it may be due to the mast setup. I have fairly good boat speed but due to the fact I have to foot off am falling behind. My mast rake is about 2” above the upper pintel which is way off what is in the owners manual but I am at the top hole on the forestay connector so I would have to change it out for a longer one or add an extension. Also have quite a bit of lee helm sailing downwind. Also managed to pitchpole it on a reach ( no Chute ) in conditions I didn't expect to. Just mentioning this as they may be symptoms of something.

can one of the Viper sailors give me a good starting point for

Mast Rake
Spreader Rake
Diamond tension (avg 10 kt )

For the weights above


thanks