If the 5.2 is anything like the 5.8, getting your weight forward is critical. The boat is faster and points higher with the bows about half in the water.

I've found that it's easier to steer while way forward from the wire rather than sitting on the front crossbar. So I generally get out on the wire before it's necessary to keep the boat down.

Often in light air, I'll be on the trap on one side of the boat while my crew is on the trap on the other. We won't be stretched out, but at least hooked in - actually, my crew is always hooked in, and going upwind in he's always forward of the crossbar, generally up by the bridle foil.