Jeff,

Seem to recall your boat being OK in super light air but a little spring up would help for easing the sheet.

In the tacks, it is critical to ease the jib sheet about 2" in big air w/ waves, just about the same time you pop the main sheet. This relives the pressure the jib puts on the bows and lets you drive through the tack more easily. If you don't do this, it is easy to screw a tack. Part of the reason it's more important in breeze than any other time is the amount of sheet tension on the jib is ridiculously high to trim for proper upwind sailing.

In these conditions, I suspect it would be fastest for the helm to grab the main through the tack, still very possible with center sheeting. The traveler part was annoying if I recall correctly, forcing the main to still be passed around aft of the block. Maybe running the traveler to the helms trap wire would work, or a few other creative solutions.