Of course I would, but if we were racing in two different fleets, ie. a Sloop fleet and a Uni fleet, and I'm Uni, and they are sloops, I wouldn't get too upset about it.

Here's a better example:

I'm in first place at A mark, I hold a small lead downwind, but then at the C gate, there are 4 of us coming in fast, me and 3 sloops all closing in on each other. But while I'm snuffing and downhauling and mast rotating, and putting the boards down and...oh yeah, steering and trimming and trapping, they all pass me.

Now I have to chase them upwind, maybe I get a lucky shift, catch a couple, hold my place downwind, and at the gate the same thing happens again, getting passed by the guys who have a crew to snuff.

I usually lose boats at the snuff.


Blade F16
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