To continue, because of all that is going on with the spinnaker up, most of us have move our mast rotator line cam cleats back aft of the boards. Also, we have added a cam cleat for the spinnaker. While distance racing in " safe " conditions ( inside, not out in the gulf ) we lock in our spinnaker sheet, move to the back of the boat and trap out. We then control the boat with the main traveler/sheet only (mainly traveler). If the wind is up, the boat will simply fly!!! And the spinnaker will make this moaning sound.......on my boat anyway. It's great. Other guys have customized their boats in other ways. That's what makes the I17R so much fun. You sit around and try to figure out how to make things easier for yourself with so much going on.
Tom
ps. I have had some rather spectacular pitchpoles on this boat...............usually because I got tired and wasn't paying attention. This boat will work you!!
