yup smaller chord longer length seems to be where the A's have gone, but you can get to the stage where the slow speed handling becomes a real bind, certainly my A is a real pain wanting to go sideways rather than fowards until about 5 knots, I have to be ever so careful to not swing out on the trap until I'm well underway.

Just about to dig out Bitsa my F16 this weekend to get ready to join back into the fray, the A has been good fun but severely lacking in the downhill sections against the spinny boats. Probably my sailing skills and certainly easier to use the spinny on the F16 to get the right sailing lines, which is where I think the F16's score highly, most people can get 75% of the capability out of the F16's, most people can't get 75% capability out of the A's particularly downwind.

Anyway thats another thread.