Just awesome! That is definitely one way to keep the bows up!

I sometimes think some foot straps off the back beam woul be nice, allow me to move inboard a bit (I'm crew).

We are starting to play with the skipper staying on the wire around the windward mark, at least until the first gybe. Definitely gives you a bit of an advantage (no pause for powering up while the crew settles into the trap), but hard for the skipper to not get slung forward during the turn down (think of all that power trying to send you forward as the boat turns)... or at least my skipper has that issue ;-)