Depending on the PHRF penalty you want to race with, you can optimize
your kite for your maximum benefit in the region where you are
racing.
The variables we have here are spin pole length * 1.8 for girth and
max hoist or max luff length. Always the greater of, determines your
calculation.
Because I have the only e27 here, I went max height up my mast and
shortened my spin pole and therefore my girth. With these
adjustments, I take a 9 PHRF hit which is an excellent trade-off. My
standard PHRF e27 hit with the standard set-up was 6 PHRF.
With the masthead, the boat goes much better in virtually all
conditions and is much more fun to sail. I would recommend this
highly, and possibly the one designs should consider this. This
really powers up the boat big time.
With a small reacher in light air, the boat really heats up in the
tighter angles and stays filled virtually all the time - very fun.
Go for it, you'll love it.
Also I put on runners in the standard slots and this also works
great.
Good luck.