One thing I did when I had my old 16 in the late 80's was this. With the mast up, from the shroud look at the sail track and see if it lines up when the mast is rotated to the stop. If not take a file and take a little off the stop until the sail track lines up dead on when you look at it from the shroud. Do the same for the other side. NO ONE!!!!! Could out point me when I raced. Think I was somewhere around 35-40 degrees. I spanked every boat to the weather mark. Try this and let me know.

Doug Snell
dsnell4@houston.rr.cpm
Hobie 17