Dusty thank you, I have struggled with my gate for many years and just what you have suggested here is what T_Whisper told me just a couple of weeks ago!!! I will be working to make this more fluid and just like you mention, more of a 2, 4 buoy:)
And yes Texas6 you are so kind:D
So I wanted to update... I took a couple of sets on the 4th and for the first time this year ran 32 OTD.... WOW :-) I had all of my notes from all of you that took the time to give me some excellent feedback! I concentrated on only two things (and tried to keep doing some of the other...) first was getting higher and moving fluid in my gates and the second was keeping my handle in longer into the bouy (my elbows touching my vest) while opening big at the bouy.... I was amazed at how this helped me with two things, outbound movement and not coming back to the handle so soon...
Thank you again and I can't wait to practice these things over and over... BTW on my second set I was on my way to running a 2nd 32 OTD really early when my goode bindings came off prematurely... I now have new velcro and set to get busy this weekend!!!