I guess maybe I'm coming in a little early in the tack - but I'm really not a believer in easing the mainsheet until the boat just enters or passes head to wind. If it's blowing healthily I'm not sure I can climb the trampoline without issue if I wait that late to begin to come in off the wire.

I find it really difficult to keep a smooth helm while wrangling the mainsheet in the same hand while doing all this manuevering...further complicating things is that we're running just about as much sheet pressure as we can physically put in it if the wind is up too.


Jake Kohl