The Apparant wind was well forward and we were both sitting all the way at the aft beam, Andi in on the tramp, me right next to him out on the edge of the hull and my outside foot against the back of the up board to keep from sliding forward. As long as we kept the bows up it would plane and climb up over the waves, but you are right, if you stuff the bows you are going over with the main out like that. We did that once. Most of the time we were shouting, "Here's a gust, Hold ON!" <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />