you had a world ranked racer on an Aguera race board that couldnt take you down wind? really?all the racing we have done here with race boards vs sectors has the sector slower upwind reaching and down wind, unless its very rough and 8m kite weather and then the sectors pull ahead down wind.
i am not bashing them as hell i use the 54 a fair bit when its really windy but they dont keep up in normal conditions.