light air foiling jibes: not just our struggle

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light air foiling jibes: not just our struggle

It's not only us that suffer not planing out of a jibe. Feeling better about some of my races after reading about this 8 minute reversal. I guess you can't pump an AC75 on to foil

"Soon after rounding Mark 1, the Kiwis hit a soft spot in a gybe and came off their foils and stayed in displacement mode - letting the Italians out to a lead of 4mins 8 secs at Mark 2. The Italians extended on the next upwind to lead by a massive 4min 27sec around Mark 3, only to fall into the same hole in the breeze as the Kiwis on the previous leg, and could only watch as Emirates Team New Zealand turned their Mark 3 deficit into a 4m 6sec lead - or a delta of 8min 33sec in just one leg. Despite all the smart thinking that goes into an AC75 - being able to self-start foiling in marginal races still pays the biggest dividend. "
https://www.sail-world.com/news/274795/Cup-Spy-May-16-AC75s-struggle-to-foil-in-seaway

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