I don't know how you guys carry that much rake without the rudders being utterly worthless around the A-mark.
I never liked the feeling of a heavy-raked mast. I know I'm not exactly lighting up the results board but the boat just doesn't *feel* right upwind with that amount of rake on - personally speaking of course.
I had gen 1 rudders, and felt that having rake was a good idea, and had the shorter sidestays which put my setting about the middle of the chainplate. I noticed that having a vertical mast didn't help me point that well (despite my pinching prowess), and sometimes the rudders would stall power-reaching. A little bit of additional rake (from vertical) seemed to settle that down a little bit (along with less daggar and moving back sooner)
