On our boat Brooks has been running the main tighter upwind in the light stuff this year. It makes the groove narrow, been when you get it right it works well. He sits basically at the intersection of the main beam and the hull, which allows him to play the main sheet, jib sheet, and cunningham. It's one of the rare times I let him touch lines!

As a crew, my focus is on looking for pressure, and being ready to swing out onto the wire as soon as we have any pressure. I tend to always be hooked in, and often I hang next to the hull instead of sitting on it so I can rotate partially out to keep the boat as flat as possible.

As for the rotator, if it gets to the point where the mast won't rotate itself, especially downwind, Brooks will use his foot to hold it out.