First of all sailboats don't scream upwind. They may "charge" upwind.
They can "storm" upwind.

How desperate can poor Loco be?

if you knew anything about boats you would know frac rigs
don't perform as well as mastheads in light air areas like LIS or the
Chesapeake.

Only problem is Loco, there are no better light air performers than the
35s5 that fit our requirements, not even close. And that includes the
34XL which we also sailed. The most popular light air boat on the LIS
are J-Boats. No other boat even comes close to their numbers here. So
not only do you know nothing about boats, you know less about what's
sailed and where!

RB
35s5