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Don't forget to hike to keep the boat properly trimmed. It helps win races. Usually, fore and aft trim should allow the knuckle to be in the water 50% of the time. Heel angle is somewhat a function of windspeed and can be found by trial and error or in the polar data if you have it.
Most crews are pretty casual about hiking. Hiking hard in a breeze requires a fairly high fitness level. Look at some of the photos of the better boats in the mags. Those guys do a superman or drooping hike for the full upwind leg. Their butt is not on the deck either. I think it takes about a million sit ups to get to that point.
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