Were the guys with jib letting the main out or were they at the end of their downwind with the main centred. I want to know wether the main and jib can be expected to both produce maximum power or wether the jib was adding disproportionally to the overall sailpower.
The guys had full downhaul and were twisting of the main a bit to depower. We had full downhaul and main block to block.
So you would you consider the following a fair statement :
The fact that you were sailing without the jib was sufficient to correct for the difference in skill that can be expected between you and the other crew on the upwind legs ?
What would the outcome be if you switched setups in your estimation ? (To bad we don't have this as data that would have been really interesting)
If we had a jib we would probably have beaten them convincingly as we love it when it blows. If we swapped I think the result would have been the same (we beat them).
The loss of the jib would have made up for the skill level a bit but not as much as I would have expected. If we did not have to sail underpowered in the lulls I don't think there would be much of a speed difference between sloop and cat.
