Not "customary" per se, but very common for distance racing. The boat is a beast and loves more sail area downwind. I run a 225 sq ft/21 sq meter F18 chute on mine, and when the wind gets up like it can here on the Texas coast, it's sceaming fast. Randy Smyth's "standard" P-19 chute is 290 sq ft, flying from about 30" above the hound on the mast, a 12' 3" pole, and sheeting (I think) to the rear beam. Mine is a bit higher on the mast, on a 12' pole, and sheeting to the front beam. I'm going to try it with a shorter pole sheeting to the shrouds, altho the lee helm is really not that bad.



good luck, and

sail fast