With heavy wind and bad chop, I think a big key is to make sure that your crew backwinds the jib, then set it quickly before you begin to sheet in on the main. Steer off the wind and get some flow going before you try to sheet in tight and point up. If you sheet the main too quick before you get moving, the boat will just round up into the wind again.


Mark Williams
F18 H16
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