I race my F16 (old Blade) solo all the time, but as said above, the windier it gets the harder you have to work and you get less competitive up wind against the two up boats.
old butt thread, I know.
I felt like the windier it got, the better I did going upwind. Set the diamond wire tension, lift the boards a bunch, crank the downhaul, and pull the mast rotation back and I was zooming upwind. Then I'd turn the corner and get hammered.
I tried driving it hot downwind staying on the wire with just the main when it got really windy. It'd work until I gybe'd, then it seemed I could never get the speed back. Or I'd crash heroically.... Which was about certain with the kite up much over 20kts.
