Ok I keep hearing everyone saying do not cleat the mainsheet up wind. This weekend was the first time I had crew in big winds and was able to let him play with the main sheet. I have not been able to coordinate solo playing the main and the tiller from the trap in much wind. Guess i need to hit the gym more or go to a 10-1 system, cause even my crew who is in good shape had to use his legs to sheet the main in a lot, something I do not have the coordnation to do while driving. But even when the sheet was in I found it better for me to just steer the boat through the gust and lulls rather then ease the sheet since this seemed to drop the hull fast and teabag a lot, even with minimum sheet release I thought.
Well maybe I just need to hit the gym and some steroids, but I am unsure of how to play the sheet correctly especially solo. Any suggestion?