Scooby, if we had the same system for grading difficulties in sailing as they have in gymnastics, gybing solo would probably be a D manouver..
I dont sail our T solo, and since we almost never adjust the traveller, we stopped joining mainsheet and traveller line some years ago.
How do you depower downwind, just drive off and hope it's not to gusty?
As I know nothing about gymnastics, what is graded E, F and G !
As for the traveller, in the normal turn of events the traveller stays central. In a gust the only thing to do is go with it and then (If possible) dump some traveller. If VERY windy then the traveller might be eased off to de-power and make things a little more manageable (I usually sail on a large lake and so it can get gusty and shifty and you just need a litte extra safety margin), however traveller needs to then be centralised before the gybe!
