on my first mossie 1132 an old carter built boat that used to be always sailed sloop riged, when i sailed it cat rigged i raked the mast forward as the boat was verry hard to tack other wise and very easy to stall, but on the current boat new faye boat i have the mast rake a long way back, but i think only myself and tim use this amount of rake most people just run the rig vertical and is probobly a good start for an older boat