Geoff, The stock 8:1 purchase is the maximum allowed by the class rules and your setup works fine. Anything more and all you do is fatigue the sail and components. Apples and oranges when comparing it with anything else. If you spend time finnicking with the boat on the beach then you are not sailing! Bob 
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