Originally Posted by waterbug_wpb
I liked the discussion on the fleet race regarding how hard the "slam dunk" maneuver is for multihulls and how Artemis got spit out the back on that one tack.

Given the slow turns, should they be pulling up the boards sooner to expedite? Are they not hauling in the jib fast enough? What else could they do?


Artemis had a gear failure, that's why the passes looked so dramatic. They pulled the plug right then.
The speeds they are going and the height gained from the apparent wind makes the slam dunk with gains close to impossible.

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