I realize it is a different, longer boat but we had a day at the last "A" World's where the chop was still quite nasty but the wind was very light (6 maybe??)- being used to light wind it was my best race but my technique was to do everything I could to get the weather hull out of the water and chop- I was inboard, just beside mast, with fair amount of mast rotation, fairly loose foot and steering through/over the waves as someone else posted- I did very well upwind with this technique, downwind was tough- tried to stay fairly "hot", sat against the boom to keep rig slopping to a minimum, and wished I had a chute! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Kirt