Matt was feeling uncomfortable that he hadn't been wet yet so headed straight for the water... :-)

Thread: I must say the thread had been interesting to me. I do agree that steering is 50% of the downwind run, but difficult to explain here. You can only practice on the water.
The other bits and pieces have maybe less effect but are easier to dicuss here, therefore it makes them equally important to me.

I've mailed to Landenberger also, our luff tension was also too high. You should be able to pull the eye at the luff just below your spinnaker pole, so about 10cm of 'slack'. (I'm not sure my vocabulary is correct here).

Next 4 Sundays coming up we have regattas planned, so I hope there is one with light wind... :-)