Curved tracks even with a spi? What would the advantage be unless the boats dont build much apparant wind when going downhill?

I got the impression that the impressive deltas to windward was down to the re-routing of the halyard. Now it's sailor ability and a series of improvements. Not sure what to belive <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


John, I dont think it's Java crashing Firefox. The applet they use for navigation works well enough, but there is some kind of silly Javascript/DHTML 'transitions' in use:

Javascript is a can of worms, and DHTML and abomination..