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I respectfully disagree; the blooper was never (primarily) about adding additional downwind square footage but rather about making the boat controllable DDW in big breeze. In almost any symmetrical-kite, displacement boat the polars at 25+ knots of true wind will point you close to DDW so the...

Having sailed with both I don't think I agree. The A sails seem to me a lot less tactical since the option of sailing deep is taken off the table, and in addition they can be a pain in the ass to gybe and douse in big breeze compared to symmetrical kites. The J-120's, for example, are very...

In my experience the blooper doesn't add much boatspeed, but it does make a (symmetrical kite) boat much more controllable when trying to sail DDW in big breeze. I understand this is irrelevant to Asym boats, but if you look around the typical race course these are still the minority. If you...

On today's front page the esteemed Ed has posted an article which seems to disparage bloopers. This seems strange to me; over many decades I have found them to be super useful on boats that sail deep in big breeze. On my own (CCA) boat, in any event, they change big breeze downwind rides from a...