Poi rescheduled due to low wind and thunderstorms, but actually the weather cleared and wind picked up enough (E 5-7 at the upper end) that I decided to go out and practice anyway. It was absolutely lovely out past dominos, but I still did several excruciatingly slow quick stops in front of DSC, then sailed out to Anchorage and did a few there, and then was having so much nice wind, I went up to the turning basin and did a couple there. Getting home was even fine because the wind shifted to the south and it was pretty much a beam reach the whole way back. Did a couple more slow POBs at dominos, then decided to drop the main out side of the fingers and go in jib only. It was glorious. I un crossed the jib sheets but left them tied together and with a single wrap on each respective winch. Then I stood up at the back of the cockpit behind the boom, and held the tiller extension vertically with one hand, and the jib "reins" with the other and experimented with tacking and jibing that way. It works SO well! I'm not sure it would be so great in really high wind because the jib never quite completely gets totally released with the tied sheets. Maybe if I do a sheet bend and release the connection as I turn downwind into the slip? Anyway, it was pretty cool. Took forever to roll the sails up and put everything away because it was so hot I kept getting sweat in my eyes and needing a break.