Beautiful boat and not exactly slow. My wife and I had the privilege to race on one in the venerable Falcon Cup last weekend. It turned out to be a 26 mile downwind race in 10-18 true. We were first to finish in class and corrected to first in class and overall winner of the Falcon Cup. That's us at about 42 seconds into the video at our start.
YouTube - falcon start 2009 7
BTW we corrected out on boats ranging from a 1D 48 to a couple of Melges 32s. Not bad for a supposedly slow boat. It tracks downwind like a freight
train and slips through the water very nicely. If you have the money they are something special.
NYANZA- 2009 Falcon Cup overall winner. Also 1st in PHRF C
http://www.mhyc.us/programs/sailing/...09division.pdf