[quote=Dogboy]I would certainly advise against releasing or pulling the rudders up ahead of time. As soon as you kick up a rudder (even if you just unlock it and try to hold it down manually) the boat is going to want to round up into the wind, turning you sideways to the waves. Keep the rudders locked down and let the kick-up mechanism do its job. Your rudders will take a little bit of a beating from hitting the bottom, but that’s one of the prices you pay for surf sailing, and it’s better than rounding up and getting rolled by a wave.
You can also counter the tendency to round up by slightly over-sheeting the jib and slightly under-sheeting the main. This will help keep the bows pulled off of the wind.
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