Jim

If sailing just isn't much fun anymore I sugest you add a spinnaker to your boat. You won't need a YA Hoo leg to add excitment. EVERY downwind leg is that way for me. Plain and simple. I go upwind just to be able to go downwind. I have hit speeds in the high 20s in a race this year. What more can I ask for? I have been racing spinnaker catamarans arond the bouys since 94. That was before it was cool. My first boat was a spinnaker boat (Hobie 21). I will never race any cat without one. I have introduced many people to spinnakers including Tom Korz who posted above.

Just add a spinnaker and you will be opened up to a whole new world. Every down wind leg will be just like a reach.



Jacques:

I didn't say anything about luffing. You just block their lane. I don"t think a boat to leeward will be able to sail through the wind shadow of two boats one behind the other.