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- From: pjp@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Pat J. Pinchera)
- Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
- Subject: Re: race jibes aka laydown jibes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.181910.6383@mlb.semi.harris.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:19:10 GMT
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- Great description Felix!! Question for you and anyone else who takes
- their 12 foot boards out in over 18 knots (David T. or Bill M., are you
- listening?).....
-
- The conditions I find it most difficult to crank out a really good "round-
- the-mark" jibes are on the One-Design with the 7.4 in over 18 knots. I'm
- dialed in, in the back straps, on a beam or not-too-broad reach, i.e.
- like on the reaching legs of the "M" course, the mast track is all the way
- back at 14-15, maybe 13 if it's too choppy, and here comes the jibe mark.
- I step out of the back strap, place my foot just in front of it on the
- leeward side, lift up with my front foot (in the strap) to get that big
- old nose to turn, sheet in my back hand, extend my forward hand, and crank
- into the turn. Things look good so far, but once I turn through the eye of
- the wind and go to flip the sail and transition my feet, I find that the
- combination of too much weight near the tail, the mast track all the way back,
- and those 7foot+ booms on the 7.4 cause the board to whip around into the
- wind and I lose my plane and have to bear off to get going on the new
- course. I've tried flipping the sail sooner, and usually get backwinded on
- the new tack (if I'm able to catch the new side of the booms since I
- released early).
-
- This is kind of hard to describe unless you've tried to jibe a 12 foot
- course board in planing conditions with the track all the way back. If
- you or anyone else has some suggestions, I'm all ears (not like Perot or
- Martin Lawrence :-)
-
- Thanks,
- Pat 'P19'
-
- only 3 more weeks 'til the Tudor/Mistral Finals!! Gotta have these
- jibes down by then!
-