Fun videos coming in from that race. I don't know what they are doing competing in a high wind zone when the Brazil medals will, in all probability, be won in the light stuff.

There look to be quite a few non-cat sailors racing this new boat learning how to pitchpole, and presumably figuring out how not to pitch. The right winglets would help, but they seem to do just fine w/o them. People have shown that you can still pitchpole with very large winglets.

I think raising a C board would make the nose dive more not less. Raising the boards in the strong wind reduces healing moment, but gets rid of the bow lifting that the curved boards were giving.

ps i agree that the medal race with double points adds to the luck factor, and was prolly put there by administrators for the fan's benefit.