Sunfish racing tactics?

I'm starting to get more and more seriously into racing my sunfish at local regattas and am starting to discover that what is holding me back is no longer my boat speed or ability to play the shifts but more my boat to boat tactics, especially downwind. I understand the basic right of way rules and how to use them to your advantage, the basics of how to use your wind shadow against people behind you (or ahead of you on the run, how to use the wind shifts upwind, and to head up anyone trying...

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