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It's pretty simple actually. You just hike as hard as you can and for as long as you can and try to keep the boat flat by stalling it up against the wind. Also in my opinion there is no chicken mode in sailing. Conservative methods may help you win more places than you can expect.

My opinion is to use simple patterns. -Don't use to many loops that may require to much travel. It's prefferable to train yourself to use your power correctly when pulling the ropes, rather than have "two-finger-pull" systems. In addition you may use blocks to reduce drag(I assume you've...

Ok people thank you all for your answers. This weekend I tried it and found out that you let the boat oversteer until it heads dead downwind, where minimum pressure is applied. I just need to be carefull not to jibe. Also in unbalanced courses sometimes you just need to sail in a broad reach...

Three things I do to avoid rolling: 1)Tighten the vang 2)Lower the daggerboard 3)Sheet in a bit more The most important is to tighten the vang so that the angle between the mast and the boom is 90 degrees or less. Also what works for me is not to counteract against rolling, but...

First of all I'm new here. I have a question when sailing downwind. Do you raise your rudder when sailing by then lee and control the boat with body movements, or you let your rudder as it is and place the boat to a position where minimum power is applied to the rudder?