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- From: felixc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (felix.cabral)
- Subject: Re: race jibes aka laydown jibes
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:14:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.191423.116@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec22.153641.22015@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Dec22.181910.6383@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- In article <1992Dec22.181910.6383@mlb.semi.harris.com> pjp@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Pat J. Pinchera) writes:
- >
- >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?).....
- >
-
- Thanks Pat, now I just have to hit a higher percentage of these jibes and I'll
- be happy. It takes a lot of practise even after you think you know what to do.
-
- >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
-
- I too have trouble with larger boards (ie 12') during high speed jibes.
-
- >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).
- >
-
- I find that if I rail the board to hard it turns much tighter and it will
- loose speed through the turn. When I take long carving arcs I come out of the
- turn faster. I think thats where the laydown comes into play. It allows you
- to speed through the turn with little speed lose if any (and shorter arcs).
-
- I've tried flattening the board earlier in the turn. This keeps me from turning
- to far into the wind. This seems to work for me. I still can't cut the arc
- shorter with these beasties. When I do, I lose all forward speed after
- flipping the sail. Thats because I do what you do. I sink the tail too much
- during the turn.
-
- How about some pointers Mike (MJ1)?
-
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