Back to the question;
When sailing downwind with your spinnaker and your bow stuffs hard, like up to crossbeam, presuming your crew is locked in on the wire... what should be done with the spinnaker... should it be blown to reduce momentum? OR held tight to hopefully lift the bows? OR is it too late to do anything and just cross your fingers?
We've tried the first two and found about the same success rate but i'm leaning towards the idea of staying trimmed in... any other methods? How about trimming the spinnaker in to reduce flow but still keep generating lift?
My 1st answer would be to get an Infusion! but you've already done that. if there's one boat where this is not an issue - it's the infusion. Something must be wrong..
Are you using a knackered spinny? you were trying to get an old one for training, is this the one? If it is a blown sail, the air can't travel out the leech.
If the spinny sheeting angle is too far AFT, the sail will twist which will induce pitch. The leech needs to be tight so that one armful of sheet released will open the WHOLE leech
make sure that you have the main sheeted tight - any twist is a killer offwind. traveling out is ok as long as sheet is tight.
Don't try and sail on one hull in a big blow, bear off a bit and get the windward hull bouyancy into play.
Spend a month on the old nacra F18 - you will learn loads about survival downwind!
