[Armchairprotest]

So, you hear it all the time in the racing fleet. Keep the weight off the bow. After the downwind leg, we always try and get the bow crew to wrap as quickly as possible "to keep the weight off the bow". I''m not saying I dont believe that bow weight might be detrimental to boat speed/performance, I would just like to see some real statistics. If anyone has a link or some reference to point me to, I would appreciate it. Any explaination or opinion would be good as well.