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| That's because you are always looking at the stern of other boats when
| going downwind in light air. You also probably think that boats
| sailing ahead of you downwind in light air are gradually shrinking.

I keep hearing people say that...... but it never happens that way. I
recently had to mount two braking chutes to my stern rail so as to slow down
and let the other boats catch up. ;-)

CM