Here is my usual sequence of events when the wind is blowing.
1: off the wire,
2: blow downhaul
3: let traveler out depending on how much it is really blowing.. but usually not too incredibly much
4: let out the mainsheet about a foot of sheet or so
5: turn down as I am letting the trav out
6: if it is really blowing run almost DDW
7: drop tiller, pull spin halyard
8: grab tiller really quick when it seems like boat is heading up too much.. jerk it back
9: drop tiller, pull on spin halyard
10: stop pulling, heading too far down
11: almost gybe
12: push tiller hard
13: pull on halyard again, spin up
14: grab sheet
15: heading up too much, yank tiller again
16: sheet in on spin
1&: head up for some speed, think about going on the wire to get the bows up

many s curves in there. and all this without even racing or truly "rounding" a mark <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />