Stephen,

Looking at the two piccies, it looks like you have just a minimal amount of downhaul on. Do you always let it off to allow so much fullness when it's blowing fairly hard like this down wind ?

I've found (albeit sailing single handed) that I get better drive (and better VMG) with more DH on in the stronger stuff....

Flattrer sails giving less drag (do not really need the lift to fly the Hull anymore) and more drive....

Any comments ?

Cheers

Simon

BTW looks fun to me......How many other swimmers that day ?