I would recommend trying the pole without a foreguy. This really keeps things clean and the only change you have to do is move your twings forward a little on the rail. Once the wind picks up to #3 weather, we usually snap the foreguy on just to be safe. We only single-end the foreguy and topping lift and run it back to the cabin top on the starboard side. This way the mast person can control these two lines when setting up the pole and when putting it away during a dowse.

The pole bag is also a must if you want to keep the foredeck clean. The foreguy definitely has to be led to the bottom of the mast inorder for it to work.

We launch out of the forward hatch and would never go back. Windward dowses at mark roundings leave you set-up for the next launch and you rarely, if ever, tear the kite. Also when rounding the leward mark you don't have to deal with the kite going into the aft hatch and getting in the way of the trimmer. The fordeck handles it and the guys in the back just get the boat moving upwind. Boy, this sure does make this sport sound easy doesn't it!