Stank is talking gospel. If you are getting hammered on the other side, you're probably not carrying enough boat speed. It goes against the grain of intuition when things are crazy and your sailing downwind...you would think slowing down is wise. However, the apparent wind your boat sees when going slow downwind is greater than the apparent wind it sees if you keep your speed up....the faster you go, the less power you have on the boat. Also make sure that you are not gybing right when a gust is bearing down on you - your speed won't be up to par with the new windspeed.

The crew really must get the spinnaker across cleanly and plan his move down to the detail of where his hands are going while he's moving across...no back-wind'ing the kite here or you're done.