Two sail reaching

What sort of wind speed and chop?

I would say loose kicker, boom near the centreline, when you get a gust the boom will go up and out and is less likely to catch in the water. Bear off a little to get it planing and head up a bit once planing and play the mainsheet loads to keep the boat flat or possibly a small amount of leeward heel.

I would also suggest that if needing to spill, that the
jib and main are spilled equally. When gust hits bear
away, but, you need to get the balance right that, you do
not bear away too much, that is where the equal spill
comes in. It does take a lot of coordination between
helm and crew, but if you have been sailing together for
a few events you should have that!!

A few weekends ago, we were sailing at Bough Beech when
HUGE gusts and 30 degree windshifts came in, the helm
couldn't feather the boat fast enough, and I was spilling
the jib - a lot is down to feel, and experience at both
ends of the boat...

Jon

With those reaches, you needed to ease the kicker just a little to introduce a bit of twist in the main, but not too much. Easing the cunno also helps as you put more power into the main.

good thing for your crew to remember on 2 sail reaches is that he should be playing the jib all the way along as if it was the spinnaker keeping the tell tales flying all the time and dont cleat it