I tried this for the first time a few months back on my old SailCraft boat. It was rigged with a hobie style jib furler so I could easily get the jib back if needed. I was single-handed, not racing and the wind was 10-12 knots. I found tacking was quite easy, no real concern of getting into irons. Boat seemed to point at least as high as with jib and was still popping a hull up in the puffs. I was also surprised that there was no change in helm feel going to weather...and I didn't make any mast rake adjustments prior to departing. It did take a little time to learn to steer to windward without relying on the jib telltales though.

Still don't think this is a good heavy weather tactic as some seem to think. Boat seemed to still have plenty of power at ~12 knots wind speed...easily lifting the hull etc. I'll stick to my old technique of dropping the main when it gets too wild out there. Sailing on jib alone at > 20 knots windspeed is actually quite fun.

Mike.