VOR boats, why not double headsails all the time?

[Jackdaw]

Sorry I can't remember his name but, there was a scientist (physicist) who turned his attention to chemistry and made Some significant contributions. When life long career chemists complained about him not putting the time in to actually learning chemistry, they pointed out that he didn't even know the periodic table of elements. His response was, something to the effect of, "why waste my time learning something that is right there hanging on the wall?"
- Will (Dragonfly)

There's a fair amount of truth in that. The only way you can really cheat on the intellectual side of sailboat racing is to get solicited outside help. Anything printed out that you want to bring on the boat to help your mind is fair play.