The other trick I used to use (back when I had a boat ) was to stay on the trap until the first gybe. As we approached the top mark I would grab the tail of the main sheet of my crew so I could ease the traveller for the down hill turn and then make my way back to the transom foot strap. If the wind was up like you've said the crew would stay out for the turn as well and then go in to hoist the kite (the tack would be pulled out before we got to the mark as our boat was set up to allow us to do this anywhere on the stbd hull).