High pressure and light winds have dominated since the Weymouth Speed Week, one month ago. This has meant that since then, we have only been sailing once, in under 10 knots of wind.

Even running with the 30m Naish Kite, pictured left, the craft will not plane in under 12 - 14 knots of wind. This is due to the relatively high drag of the stepped hulls and the tail drag, while in displacement mode. As soon as the craft pops up onto the plane, this drag disappears, so we have no plans to try and optimise the very light wind performance.