I thought we agreed this was the way to hold a sheet:



Except for in light winds, I have always let the crew handle mainsheet and downhaul. Helm have enough to do helming the boat as well as possible. We trained and raced with crew handling the mainsheet even during tacking. Only with spi up did the helm get to handle the mainsheet. This takes some training, but it was very good for us in so many ways. As far as I know no olympic Tornado teams are doing this, so it might be rubbish <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />