us melbourne sailors should be able to answer this very well becuase we dont have any flat water at all to sail on, only sandy point wich is miles away from the city. so we should be able to answer this very very well.

When the wind is up even in light wind we get big chop in our bay. i find before i unhook and jibe i will look for where it is breaking and inside the chop or more like waves in our bay, its all ya can do. so you look for the smoothest part to jibe.

Its just practice

i think your kit plays a big part to having the right board and fin for when it gets choppy.

cheers my good friend

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nebbian said...

I find you need to bend your knees more, and lean down more on the boom.

Making the arc tighter can help as well.
Timing is also important but difficult for me

Gybing in chop is tricky, but when you get it right you'll exit on the new tack still planing, an amazing feeling

nebbian is right bending ya nees more does really help i find as well.

Wet Willy said...
I've been making heaps of progress this past week, when gybing on flatter water, but further out where it's more windy and choppy, I go bouncy-bouncy-SPLASH most of the time.

I had the same problem. I realized that when I'm in the chop/swell I don't shift the weight forward enough. I think it's because I feel bit scared of falling off and for some reason felt that standing back will help. Which is of course WRONG. You stand back, loose the speed, fall off....etc.

Few things I found critical: (really the basics).

* Time your gybe.
* Bend tze Kneez.
* Look where you want to go.
* Weight forward & sheet in.

and above all: COMMIT.

If I go into the gybe half a**ed I usually stuff it up.
If I really go for it I easily pull fully planning gybe on the face of 2 m swell and come out fully powered up and planning.

windwarning said...

us melbourne sailors should be able to answer this very well becuase we dont have any flat water at all to sail on, only sandy point wich is miles away from the city. so we should be able to answer this very very well.

There are plenty of places in and around Melbourne that have no chop. You just pick your spot depending on wind direction.

OceanBlue64 said...

windwarning said...

us melbourne sailors should be able to answer this very well becuase we dont have any flat water at all to sail on, only sandy point wich is miles away from the city. so we should be able to answer this very very well.

There are plenty of places in and around Melbourne that have no chop. You just pick your spot depending on wind direction.

name some flat water places then. we have a port phillip bay where every one windsurfs. its so big you cant see across the other side with no reefs i dont think we are going to have many places. i wish we did have some. i live on the other side of the bay dude where all the windsurfers sail like hampton brighton all we have is 2m chop and if its not 2m its 3-4 m chop.