Loving the drone work. It’s an awesome view getting that close, and on the lines they’re taking so we can see angle changes/sheeting/footwork etc. also glad to hear young Rafferty has toned his commentary down to normal. I used to just switch the sound off with his earlier work, much better now.

Grae definitely picked a a better lay line on the upwind. One of the few advantages of not being in the lead is getting to see if the leaders are making the mark or not (speaking from too much experience😂). I don’t know how some iq foilers can hook the back strap downwind. 10knots it’s doable, much more and suddenly there’s too much power there (for me). It would be interesting to know the rider weights, they’re all on 8.0m in iq. I can’t say I followed who rigged what in PWA races, but I’m wondering if Grae is a bit lighter than Johan is? It’s a slightly different ball game when you can’t use that bigger sail when you weigh more.

Thanks for that insight, you can see how much power/stress they must be generating on the foil masts and foils boxes when they start pumping those 8 m sails!

Paducah said..
Are there talks of a gear refresh so we don't go back down the same road RS:X did?.

yes, and it's called x15🥲

x-15class.org

lol