Thanks Phil, I don't know about leaving stays connected to the mast, it's not something I like to do. My main hassle so far has been sorting the retrieval through the spi and attaching the tackline, halyard and sheet without a twist. I think I could leave the retrieval line (halyard) attached to the spi and leave it all in the sock. That'd make it a lot easier.

I flipped the boat again on the jibe mark yesty. 22 knotts, traveller down about 300mm, sheet cracked but firm, spi stowed. I bore away, waited, then pulled the sail across, got myself to the new windward side just in time to be tossed off the tramp as the boat rolled over. Bloody frustrating. I'm now thinking I'm probably turning through too larger an angle and I'm actually around to a beam reach before I'm set. I think I need to steer down after the sail pops. On a mid downwind jibe, this would give me time to set the kite and then harden up. Sound reasonable? Either that or leave the boat on the beach when it's over 15k untill I'm sorted. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />