Hopefully some of the 6.0 boys will "jump in" here- But I was at SF and presuming this is Friday (only racing day we had sun and wind!)- it was fairly light air and if this is the first race it was a reach all the way- They are trapped out but hull is barely (not?) out of the water so I would assume they were going for power for here and perhaps traveler is off center (ie close reach?) so sail is really set up more for reaching than upwind. I also notice the long spreader arm is just in front of the jib, indicating to me you couldn't really run much less rotation and not have it affect this jib adversely. On the Taipans and "A" cats we have tell tales about 2-4" aft of the mast to help indicate whether the sail/mast "joint" is fair.
