Bottom line is that you related his whisker pole to your racing only.
You forgot all about cruising.

When sailing on the LIS two weekends ago we used wing and wing for several
hours at a time. It was hardly "difficult" and Suzanne was at the helm. Very
relaxing point of sail.
Horvath has now thrown himself into a tarpit of ignorance, exposed for the
Nosailorsaurus that he is!

RB