We tried dropping the main and sailing on the jib alone once, but found it impossible to go to windward. Are there any tricks to it ?

We secured the jib on the trampoline and hoisted the main again instead, applied max downhaul and travelled it well out. Worked great, and this de-powered the boat a lot.

We will have to try sailing on the main alone for training purposes sometime in the spring..

On a side note: Some guy proposed to use frisbies as hatch covers when the boat was on the beach. We have tried this for some time now and it works great. The boat stays dry and no problems with 'foreign objects' in the hulls yet. Also we dont have to worry about the pressure building up in the hulls, as it does when the hatch cover is on.