We just returned from a 200 mile PHRF destination race and were throughly clobbered by a Cal 3-30--albeit one with a former Laser national champion at the helm. Though we were second, it should not have been so bad. I realize that nothing subsitutes for experience, but what is the best way to consistently perfect trim? I think we are beyond the basic mistakes, but things like a combination of light wind and swell or heavy seas throw us off. (It did not help that an eagle crushed our Windex just before the race! It still worked, sort of.) Are electronic instrument packages likely to help? Are particular telltail arragements effective? Other ideas, techniques, references, etc.?
