paul
A Force-of-Nature **  
Member #: 5 Posts 445
Registered: 24-7-2002 Member Is Offline Mood: Well Chuffed
|
| posted on 23-2-2003 at 19:43 |
|
|
Luffing up
anyone got any suggestions for this :
I had a good sail on saturday but I really suffered from luffing up on the way out through the waves, the wind was cross on shore and
the waves were up to 8ft faces, and everytime I lost board speed the board just spun round and luffed me up.
anyone got any tips ? ?
Home Page
http://www.nationalwindsurfingweek.org
|
|
|
justal
|
| posted on 24-2-2003 at 18:47 |
|
|
Well Paul, if it was someone less experienced than yourself I'd say the answer was more mastfoot pressure, but I'm sure as a sailor
coping with 8ft faces then you know all about that!.. You're probably better than me anyway, so this answer may well be a case of 'the
blind leading the blind', but who knows, it might help!?
When I'm sailing in waves in cross-onshore winds (often more on than cross), I always end up bearing away loads to make sure I stay on
the plane and nicely powered up, then just before going over a wave, I head upwind so that I hit the wave face-on and then as soon as
the nose of the board pops up over the whitewater I bear away pretty violently by pulling my back foot towards me, pushing away with my
front foot and increasing mastfopot pressure so that I'm bearing away as I go down the back of the wave and can get straight back on
the plane (or not even some off the plane if possible).
OK, I end up quite a way downwind with all this sailing off the wind, but as soon as I'm out beyond the waves I just head upwind to
gain ground.
I think the scissor action with my legs just as I hit the waves stops me from luffing up as I loose board speed.
Of course the other option is just to wait for more wind so that you can sail properly powered up. 
Al.
URL: Pixelwave Design - Website Design Wales
Shop: Website Templates
Personal Weblog: A Simple Life of Luxury in West Wales
|
|
|
paul
A Force-of-Nature **
Member #: 5 Posts 445
Registered: 24-7-2002 Member Is Offline Mood: Well Chuffed
|
| posted on 24-2-2003 at 21:18 |
|
|
cheers for the tips, I think part of the problem is the fact the new board seems to need a slightly different style from my old kit,
guess what I really need is more time on the water
no doubt it'll be a while before we get a good swell and cross shore winds again !
Home Page
http://www.nationalwindsurfingweek.org
|
|
|
Pixelwave Web Design.
justal@forces-of-nature.co.uk