I sailed my Taipan quite a bit with and w/o the spinnaker. The principles are the same but trim and angles end up different: either way you want the apparent wind approx. 90 degrees (I used old computer data tape--a little wider than cassette tape) and try to fly a hull (wild thing) when possible. In other words, try to keep things "heated up" unless the wind is less than about 6-7 knots.

Whether with or without spin, be aggressive at getting the windward hull out--light air you'll be getting crew weight forward and lee; as the wind picks up, weight must be moved back and windward, as said in an earlier post.

The trim on how you accomplish the above differs whether or not you have jib alone or jib and spin. The Taipan is a bit more prone to nose divining without the spinnaker, so you're crew has to be ready to ease the jib. Also, the barberhaulers are essential to getting good jib shape and a decent slot sailing downwind. On the other hand, with the spin, the jib is just set sort of loose and all attention is on the spin. The main and traveller will be in more with the spin compared to jib alone, but the tell tales will be flowing the same way.