If I were you then I would consider talking Seth into taking you on as a crew.

As I told Bruce Barr last time; you can learn so much on how to sail an F16 right by sailing for a short time with someone who knows the boat and rig well. Even 60 min of sailing will jump start you to the equivalence of several months fiddling about yourself. Consider the jump start after doing a full race weekend ?

Currently Seth is listed as being 1-up; However I don't know whether that is by preference or necessity.

Wouter