I raced my 5.7 last weekend and found that I ciuld not point anywhere close to most of the fleet. ie miracle 20, Nacra 5.8.
I understand that a boardless cat's cant point as high as cats w/ boards, but i'm talking about 15 degrees. If I tried to go even close to where they were going, I would be in a full luff.
I just added a new jib but my dacron main is 21 years old. It seems to be pretty full, even when I downhaul to my max(3 to 1 purchase). They were all carrying mylar mains. Is this the problem with my pointing?

Also, My new jib has a leech tensioner and a foot tensioner, how is this used? I assume it's only used downwind.