And you want to be as close to DDW without risking the unintentional gybes as Jake mentioned.
So, how do you get there? Do you sheet/travel in first, then turn down, or turn down then try to sheet/travel in, or do you sheet first, head down then travel in, or something else altogether?
Personally, I've never even tried this, but there have been times when I wished that I had.
Obviously, this is all assuming sloop or uni with no chute...
Mike
Go upwind, releae the sheet, but not the traveller and turn quickly the sterns into the wind. Sheet quickly in. The crew can take the boards up, if she/he dares to go forward. Be careful on the tiller, the leech is now the luff, like Laser sailing. As I said, the problem is changing the course again. In opposition to a Laser or windsurfer, your sail swings only to the shrouds.
