1.Can crew weight movement be used effectively to increase speed of the boat in certain circumstances? I know I was moving my weight forward and aft on the downwind legs in the Turks & Caicos to help me catch and hold onto waves. Is this legal or not legal? Does it help or not help?
Yes it is legal, and yes it helps.
I need to re-read the rules, but you could probably justify a pump of the main and/or Kite to help catch a wave.
Also, I always roll tack my boat (to a much lesser extent than those people that sail 1/2 boats), and it will help a little.
Rocking and the like does not work becasue we use aparent wind so much that shaking the sails is counter productive.
