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- From: felixc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (felix.cabral)
- Subject: race jibes aka laydown jibes
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:36:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.153641.22015@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- I'll put my two cents in on this but I'm definitely no "god". First thing
- I'd say is you don't have to have a race board for this move. It can be done
- with 12' course boards as well as sinker wave boards.
-
- I learned this jibe in cabarete off wave faces. Its much easier to laydown
- the sail when your angled on a wave face. I think the most important part
- of the jibe is the initiation. You have to commit yourself to the turn
- as soon as you begin the jibe. The second most important thing is to pull
- your clew hand (backhand) up, back and over the tail of the board. Do this as
- you lean forward and over the booms. If you don't pull the clew up over
- the board you won't be able to lay it down without the clew hitting the water.
-
- Your front hand needs to push the mast as parallel as possible over the
- water. At the same time pull the mast back towards the tail as mentioned above.
- As you carve the board you feel it accelerate through the turn. Quickly
- step forward with your back foot while pulling the sail up in order to "flip
- it" or change tacks. Do this before the board turns too much into the wind.
- If you wait too long you won't be able to pull the sail up without getting
- backwinded. This last step is much like the end of the step jibe. You step
- forward to maintain board speed and to flatten the board out of the carve.
-
- This is a very fast jibe. It helps in many ways not only with speed. I find
- by laying the sail down in strong winds I don't get overpowered or spinout
- during the jibe. My problem is I do it much better on starboard than port.
-
- A key thing to remember is the longer the carve the longer you can hold
- the sail down over the water. In shorter carves you laydown the sail for
- only a split second. Also, don't hesitate to lean over the rig and pushing
- down on the boom. Body position is very important.
-
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