The difference was the positioning of the beams on various boats....
Yep, that is right !
That is part of the equation too. Althought the only blade with a different spacing between the beams was your boat. All other Blades were of VWM and share identical beam positions. The fact that even between VWM Blade the mainsail by Hans was well in of the rearbeam is due to his circular traveller setup.
With respect to speculation. The situation is simple :
Stealths have the most distance between their beams
VWM Blades have roughly the same distance as the Taipans.
Aussie Blade has the smallest distance between the beams of all.
Wouter
