Going dead downwind

I've only ever sailed a Supernova a couple of times, but I did find it important where you sat, it has a funny rocker, someone told me it was based on a cut down 505, anyway, the thing is not for it to make any noise off the stern (water swishing). I did all that kicker off, I also did what we do with boards off wind and dumped the downhaul (cunningham). I pulled more tension on the forestay, my logic was to get the rig more vertical off wind.
I got it going fast enough to overtake a Laser I was racing at the time downwind, but I'd never know if was fast or slower than a differently set up Supernova since we only have the one in our club.

Being a fat knacker my seating position for the running was always closer to the middle than most... And on our little pond wind direction was a rather vague concept...

lol - son't sit down too hard, that meat slicer would make a nasty mess of 'meat & two veg'... maybe Sandiline should add kevlar reinforcement to the crotch area of their hikers???

you need to ban the pumping, that way you can cleat it off DDW and have a slurp of coffee and bite of Mars Bar... Solo style.

Depends if you've got one of those boats that can go DDW faster than the wind