Something I am starting to really understand as being vital to completing a carve gybe is making the rig go light....... its something I am trying to get a handle on as well as the footwork.....

Cribbs says to oversheet when heading downwind so you speed up past the speed of the wind..... I'm not really getting this happening so far... I had one gybe recently where I felt it on one occassion and literally fell back into the water as no resistance was felt on the sail even though it was windy enough.... that would have been the sweet spot to flip the rig.... and I'm guessing that since the rig is flipped while travelling at a greater speed than the wind it comes around nicely into your hand on the boomshaka...... then when you head up as you complete the carve the wind then fills the sail again? and powers you out? since you aren't travelling faster than the wind at that point? Am I understand this right?

Discuss / add / suggest :D