Hey jake, I think he was asking about what people do after the A-mark.

IIRC from what people told me at the F18 NA's, the top boat would always round A mark and go DDW almost until the crew could get the chute up, and then turn back up again.

On the spin boats, its easier for the crew to hoist when the boat is as close to DDW as possible, and then it helps to snuff the sail when you're heated up a bit.