Dennis,
I have been debating getting a race board for a couple seasons as well. My take is that they are experimenting and constantly getting better. Maybe someone like Damien can hop on and answer. I too would like to know what you asked.
To add, I would be getting it also to "sight see" on days when it is blowing sub 13. Damien (or Kent or anyone), do these boards have significantly better light wind performance than a retro-fish?
Would I be pointing as high upwind as windsurfers when it's blowing 9 to 12 knots? We have a few Olympic level windsurfers that ride our beaches, and it'd be a blast to be able to keep up with them in light winds.
Thanks for any info.
As a side-note, are we ever going to (course) race around here? Last season someone mentioned setting something up. I could have a site up in less than one day to support it, if someone wanted to do something.