Racks are allowed on the stern to help prevent nose diving downwind but they are inline with the max beam of the boat.

Upwind the boat isn't as quick obviously. I think someone said 9knots upwind tacking through 80 degrees, don't quote me on that. The boats have 4 rigs so they can have the appropriate craziness for each wind strength. The number 1 rig is 28ft high.

I think you have missed the whole point of the class though Wouter. You have to have big balls to sail these boats and the only reason they go upwind is so they can go off the planet downwind again.

Do some googling and you might understand where I am coming from. Tell me this, what two man 12ft boat does 24 knots downwind? I have seen the GPS tracks.

Cheers
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