Coast of Maine is a tossup, felt pretty balanced last year but we had several "sporting" race days. The 163 was a real handful when it started to get truly fresh but we had a hard time telling when to switch out to the blade. Wind shifts like crazy in Casco Bay and I'd hate to loose a few kt and be stuck with our little sail out.

Putting some wind instrumentation on this year (so I at least have some hard data) and a new, larger gps. Speaking of which, where do you mount your gps? Bracket mounted on the bulkhead next to the companion way always seems to get tripped over by lines and the crew and is quite the bit less useful on one side than the other. Flat mounting to the bulkhead would only fix one of those issues.