#1, the Wave sails the leeward legs straight downwind, so if a gust comes in from the aft leeward quarter, it would be a matter of heading up a little rather than down, just to prevent an accidental jibe.

#2, I would not even think of bungeeing the tiller to center except in fairly light air.

#3, Wave racing is very tight, so in the million-to-one chance that I might fall off the boat going downwind in light air, there would always be boats within a minute of me to rescue me and rein in my runaway buckboard

#4, the reason it sounds like a great idea to me is that some of us women Wave sailors are at a disadvantage going downwind. Mechanical methods of positive mast rotation are not allowed, but apparently human methods are. Most of the men are able to lie down on the tramp and hold the tiller with one hand and rotate the mast with a foot. Not fair, because we can't reach!!

So far there is no rule about using mechanical means to control the tiller, so since apparently all is fair in love and war (most of us are racing against our husbands), tiller bungees would allow us short people to get forward and manually rotate the mast.

I hope this clarifies it. I realize most of you do not sail such simplistic boats.