Couple thoughts on crew weight.

On Saturday of Canadians (5-9 knts) I was trapping early and low upwind. Fore and aft position was at or a little ahead of the front beam. In the lulls I would pivot in to the hull, but in general I was trying to keep shoulders down and powered up. Brooks had the main mostly cleated during this, with some trim in the puffs/lulls. We were higher than most boats.

Downwind I have been spending much more time in the crew trap and keeping my weight around the board in flat water. Even in some chop I try not to be all the way back, but this requires a conversation with Brooks about how hard he can drive and if I am in a footstrap. Added benefit is the skipper trap is left open for Brooks if we need to go double wire.

As far as concentration in light air, Brooks takes a ton of credit here. He takes pride in his light air driving, especially down wind. Lots of respect from me for that!