All the above goes out the window with nuclear, gusting shifting winds which arbo was talking about. The winds were very unpredictable because they were shifting so much. We traveled in but had a surprise gybe which nearly took us down. If your wind is from a constant direction, it would work but not when you have gusty shifty winds.

Our situation was also made worse because we had the tall rig (6' taller than stock). With the buoyant bows of the Supercat, I was more concerned about unexpected gybes than pitchpoling which we came really close to once. While the strategy worked with my boat does not mean it would work with every boat. Part of sailing is to know the characteristics of the vessel you are sailing. Our strategy worked because we made it to Key Largo with no flips, failures or broken parts.