Yeah, the other boat was a Nirvana. A guy in our office bought that a couple of weeks ago and has really been enjoying it. That Nirvana is an incredible value! I do certainly have a speed and pointing advantage but that Nirvana still goes pretty well. So far, and I'll do some more testing / gps tracking this weekend, but my creation appears to be capable of tacking through 60 degrees or better! (and I haven't even begun to tune the rig).

2 controls; rudder and sails. The jib and main are mechanically linked and you adjust their ratios manually on the boat. They're both set so that at full extension, both booms are 90 degrees to the boat but when close hauled, the jib leaves the slot open (the jib travels just a little less). I may add an additional channel later to tweak the main in and out in relation to the jib to handle puffs better. The class rules only allow 4 channels.