Trapping out downwind (while buoy racing) was tried back in the day, but it just didn't work. The guys that did it found themselves losing too much ground to the rest of the fleet not to mention when they tried to jibe. The boat(F17) will scream downwind in about 16 knots on up anyway. You don't need to trap out. Just sit as far back and to the side as possible and go low when the thing wants to pitchpole.

Now distance racing is another story.


Tom