With spi sailing and heeling you have to find the rythm. It is just like music and dancing. The music may contain all kinds of different riffs and melodies but there is always a basic back en forth theme acting as a foundation. You synchronize your dancing movements to this foundation and not to the melodies that are laid on top. Keeping the boat level is the same way. You have to develop a feel for the basic swing in the guts and be on time with your steering actions. As soon as the gust is loosing strength, you already steer up again. Don't wait this the gust has passed all together, start heading back up when you sense it is about to swing back.

It is actually quite alot of fun learning to get with the groove under spi sailing.

Wouter