Tucked in his bed with blankets on because he wimped out ... "too cold", he said.

Wouter,

Notice any rooster tails on this photo?

Nope, because they're not there. The mast rake didn't help as much as replacing the rudders. The rudders I had were the original designed rudders that were subject to potential lamination problems, which caused flexing when going hard to weather--creating unbearable weather helm.

Much nicer helm now <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Now I can trail Matt & Gina, THE CHUCK, Seth, Pete and Robi at much closer distances <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I'll start picking them off one-by-one. Robi first ... if he'd get his "butt" off the couch and on the water!