That's an interesting schematic, thanks for posting Matt. I don't see any "Computer" inputs there, so in my mind, it's not really a Stability Augmentation System, which implys computer controlled stability, at least it does in Airplanes. This just looks like a hydrolic piston moving the board back and forth, in response to the buttons being pushed, up/down.

So why did it take them being down 8-1 to figure out how to use it?


OR...What if they inserted a sensor and a computer to do it faster/better during their layday?

Did they all of a sudden learn how to foil much more smoothly upwind? And ETNZ didn't?

Really?

Let's open the boat up and see!

Read this from the rules:

The operation for (i) and (ii) above, shall not receive external input from any source other than manual input. Any data acquisition system, associated sensors or electronics shall be physically separate and completely isolated from any electrical operation referred to in (i) and (ii) with the exception of the voltage supply.