I raced on a J41 for awhile some years ago. Dip pole gybes are a pain in the backside. you need 3 people just to handle the pole. You have a mastman to raise the pole on the mast and trip the jaw. You have a pitperson to dip the pole with the topping lift. And you have a foredecker to put the new guy in the jaw. This along with the 2 trimmers and, if the winds blowing, 2 grinders. Once you add the driver and the maintrimmer, you can see why they need 10 people on the big boats.
I'll take the simplicity of end-for-end gybes anytime. Two skilled sailors can handle it.
