OK, I got a race in yesterday, but I had a DNF thanks to an undoing tramp. bleh!

But anyway, for the first leg, it was a spinnaker run. Here is was my problem. I was unable to sail as deep as the rest of the spinnaker boats. If I did, my speed would drop to nothing, barely keeping up with the main and jib boats.

Here are my settings for that run, spin hoisted, sheeted, NOT TOO TIGHT, not too loose either. Mast rotated all the way, traveler off center by 6 inches, main sheeted in.

If I wanted speed, I had to sail a much higher course, forcing me to jibe two more times before reaching the mark. This cause me loose the ground gained on the downwind run.

Now upwind is another nightmare. In order to keep speed, I had to point WAY too low. I talked to John McNight (our commodore) he asked me what was wrong? He mentioned I Had to be atleast up to 20 degrees down. Again loosing ground miserably. My settings for this run, jib sheeting off center (didnt mess with it) mainsheet almost block to block, traveler off center by one or two inches.

Hulll did NOT fly going upwind, even when other boats were double trapping(tornado, I20 and H20)

Overall that day the wind was between 10 and 15kts total crew weight was maybe at 350lbs

Keep in mind that I am comparing myself to boats that were all the 20ft range. The lineup was a Gcat6.1, I20, Tornado, two H20's and a stilleto 23.