Ben, the balance may have something to do with the boat design too. Before I converted my boat, Arion, from bermudian sloop to single-masted junk, I used to sail with the main out one side and the jib poled out the other when dead downwind and always managed to self steer. When I converted to junk sloop I put the CE in exactly the same place it was on the bermudian sail plan and find I still have excellent balance. I can even drive the boat very hard downwind and stilll self steer, but common sense says to reef early and take the strain off things, since the rig is so efficient off the wind. Then everything becomes very docile and I can go back to reading my book, or whatever. You can see pictures of Arion hammering downwind if you look at my member photo albums.