A long time ago I used to race small boats (El Toro, Hobie Cat, Blue Jay, some Snipe crewing) and was pretty good at it. I recently purchased an Ericson 30+ with new standing rigging and new main and genoa. I'm now racing in the San Diego Beer Can Series and I'm getting killed. I'm in a non-spinnaker handicap fleet of 15 boats and the best I've done is 6th but more commonly 9th or 10th. There's nothing much I can do about three of the smaller boats who, though I have to give time to, are much faster than the other boats about my size. But head-to-head with other boats in the 28-36 foot range I'm usually slower upwind and can't point as high. When I haul my jib in tight (just outside the lifelines) I slow down too much and get passed to leeward by my competitors who's jibs are even tighter than mine. I need a few tips. Any help would be appreciated. Right now I'm blaming it all on the fact that my jib isn't as big as everyone else's (I think it's 105-110%). So other than my jib envy, what else is my problem?