Hey TaipanFC, nah, I think your downwind was a lot more interesting than mine. Didn't know you had to go so far forward on a foiling moth but you looked really really fast. My next singlehanded boat will probably be a moth rather than an A class unless they start to allow foiling A classes <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

As far as my downwind technique, can't say there's much to it right now. I'm stil trying to figure out the secret of downwind on the viper. much easier to figure the boat on the upwind, but down, not so sure. Tried playing the sheet downwind this weekend and found that by letting the mainsheet off a bit it really helped to power up the rig some. couldn't really see the benefit of playing it like crazy like they did on the tornado finals race but maybe need more testing.

This weekend should be great. Back to windward leewards again. Much easier than passage races and easier to compare speed etc.

Still trying to figure out the secret to really really great downwind speed.

funny thing is viper is so precise as a boat that even a few millimetres here and there on the downhaul, rotation, outhaul, etc, seem to make a huge difference to the boat so finding the exact right combi is really hard but definitely for the guy that can pin it down, the speed is amazing.