I have used the chute short-handed and have found that if you gibe the main first, the top third of the chute wraps the headstay. If you gibe the chute first, the top third of the chute wraps the headstay. WTF When this happened to me one time, I was on the bow pulling and cussing, when another boat sailed by and told me to gibe the main back. I sailed a little lower, gibed the main, and the top of the chute started unwinding. Bottom line, if the chute wraps during a gibe or whatever, pull the pole back, sail low and gibe the main. When it streightens out, gibe the main and adjust the trim. fwiw
