[quote=Dogboy]In my experience, to round up successfully in high to survival wind conditions the turn has to be well timed and fully committed. You don't want to sheet in during the turn although you may want to try to sheet in slightly if possible before you initiate the turn. Then wait for a lull, or at least not a gust. Put your feet under the hiking straps or hold on firmly because you will slide down the tramp otherwise (when doing this on a H17, I have thrown my arm over the wing to hold on). Don't jam the rudders over, but commit to the turn rounding the boat up as quickly as possible so that you spend as little time as possible in what Damon referred to as "the zone of death." Dump the mainsheet right as you initiate the turn and round up fully so that the sail(s) are luffing with the boat roughly on a close reach heading.
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