One 'negative' thing I read on the S.9 site, it says it needs 6 knots of wind to foil, and 8 knots to foil upwind. Which has me wondering just how well it points. I remember a few years ago when the C Class was experimenting with foiling, they said they couldn't point as well once they got up on the foils.

Have they found a solution to that? And if not, how about simply changing the race course to a more foil friendly course, like a trapezoid or such? Start on a broad reach, go like hell, make a left around a mark, go downwind, gibe, go like hell again, make another left, then one short upwind leg back to the start line, do it again.