Raced this past weekend, guy I want to beat (he's good, I'm learning this boat) ran away from me...again. Especially downwind. I was thinking about my height and weight and his. We're probably close in weight 195, but I'm about 4 or 5 inches taller. Shouldn't I be able to translate that into an advantage? I wondered if I'm hurting myself by not raising the boom a couple of inches and getting the sail plan a little higher to take advantage of the height difference, I could hike a little more. We have been sailing in 10 to 12 max and prolly will stay there for wind speeds. This is an old guys group and I doubt we'll ever see 15+ knots steady AND get a start. Opinions? Thanks, Winever.