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Originally Posted by AdamLein
The jib trimmer should be able to handle both winches if he's practiced.
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At "ready about", the jib trimmer takes the sheet off the cleat and gets ready to throw it off the winches (I'm only assuming this is possible on a self-tailing winch; no experience there).
In mid-tack when the jib luffs, the jib trimmer throws it off the winch and switches to the other side. He doesn't get in your way; you go under the tiller when switching sides, not over it. The main sheet trimmer stays forward of the traveler during the tack and preferably moves up to sit on the windward gunwale.
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A variant of this might work best. I think the common theme here (and someone said this) is that I need to move my butt aft to get out of their way. No one can sit forward of the traveler unless they go up on deck or down the companion way, so we're going to have to work that out. If the helm was a wheel there would not be an issue, so if I can learn to swing the tiller up out of my way through a tack we might be fine.
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, I'll show them to everyone and see what we come up with.