That last sentence has me laughing pretty hard!

Kids today!

As I tell my daughter when she starts with that...

"I KNOW IT, now Shut up and get that kite up!"

On the going upwind while uni thing, I actually have two hiking sticks, a longer one for when I'm sailing Uni, as I am often trapping up near the front beam, and a shorter one for two up, when the driver is more aft. You'll see that on the shorter hulls, how far forward you go really makes much more difference than on the 18 and 20 foot hulls. And you CAN be too far foreward!

I've pitchpolled going upwind! Coming into A mark I got a good puff that was also a lift, so I bore off to the new lay line while accelerating...but forgot to move my weight back, and before I could take a step to the rear, to 'fix it' the low hull was under and I was going over! So when you are out there by yourself and it's gusty, be ready to jump towards the back when you get a good puff, BEFORE you bear off, upwind and down.

Maybe that's why they added more rocker? So when you move to the rear a foot or two, the hulls pop up more? Oh, and because the boat is so light, you can also tea-bag yourself when that puff suddenly dies!

Ahhh...lake sailing!