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I just scanned though the photos on the Worlds site
http://www.hobiecangas2006.com/ing/framecont.htm
A couple of things stood out:
1- I was great to see so many young sailors. Eupore has done a great job of with Youth racing.
2- Many of the Tiger skippers, while on the tramp, were not using their tiller sticks and were letting it drag behind. What's up with that? At first I thought that it was just a shot of them in a tack or gybe, but there were several doing it. Is there some go fast technique I don't know about? I alway like to have the stick in my hand in case I need to get out on the wire in a hurry.


Around the cans when it's very windy, I toss it out the back and let it trail behind the boat as well. Steering by the crossbar gives me more direct control and gives me something to hang on to if the boat stuffs. I was chastized (politely) while doing the same thing in the Tybee500 this year and so I quit . Then we almost capsized twice when someone lost traction and fell into the hiking stick right after a couple of jibes.

If you are going to let it trail behind the boat, the cork ball is probably not the best thing to have on the tail of the stick. A tight fitting neoprene grip might have less resistance (I have the cork ball for now).