Been talking to a sailmaker in Boston on a bunch of things and had him visit my boat. He suggested to me to make sure I set the staysail on any long spinnaker runs as it will improve downwind speed by 1/10th to 2/10th of a kt. Don't sound like much but adds up to 8 to 16 kt miles on 80 hr race from Marblehead to Halifax.
Since NOMAD has a removable inner staysail stay this would be easy to do.
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