It all worked out pretty well for me. saturday brought some wind, but not too much, which let me learn a great deal. Sunday brought my local lake conditions and a great environment for 1-up. It all kind a fell in place.

I'd say it was more of a compliment to the design and production of the boat, rather than any sailing talent. That boat is awesome. We were talking Sat night about how responsive the boat is to making (even the slighest) adjustments to all the control lines. The smallest changes can make a huge difference and that makes it really fun.

I really did read Wouter's post Sun AM and applied it. I pulled on all three corners of the sail (outhaul, downhaul and mainsheet) to make it flat. Would that logic be more meaningful as cat rigged, as opposed to sloop (no slot to induce wind sliding across the lee side of the main)?