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Originally posted by MikeyS
I was out sailing a couple of weeks back in a ripper offshore 25-30kts. There was a guy a fair way off the beach attempting to uphaul a fairly big sail on a floaty board in some steep chop. I'm thinking to myself this don't look to good, so I sailed over to him to make sure he was OK, and even dropped into the water to give him a few waterstarting tips. I was assuming that waterstarting is always much easier than uphauling once you have the technique right, and assuming there's enough wind. He actually managed a waterstart and sailed off fine, but back on the beach he told me that that he was quite tired and found it easier to uphaul. I don't quite get it, particularly since my last uphaul was in 1995. Can somebody enlighten me?
, hold the position, as soon as a gust comes, you're off!
it was nearly mast high lololololo...What a trooper
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Originally posted by WINDY MILLER
seen a couple of wizzards uphauling small waveboards just by holding onto the mast....respect.
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Originally posted by WINDY MILLER
if it's to light to waterstart, whats the point.
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Originally posted by MikeySquote:
Originally posted by WINDY MILLER
if it's to light to waterstart, whats the point.
What constitutes "too light to waterstart"? I never rig with an uphaul, but have been caught when the wind drops to stuff all. As long as there's enough wind to fly the sail, I can perform a "leg-over waterstart". I fly the sail and raise the mast to about vertical holding onto the mast about halfway down from the boom with one hand, and grabbing the foot of the sail with the other while I'm still in the water. The I get one leg over the board so the thigh is just behind the mast, and the other leg over so I'm sitting on the board with the mast between my legs, still holding the mast vertical. If there is just enough wind for the board to move, I then start to stand moving my mast hand up the mast toward the boom, then eventually stand up, letting go of the sail foot with my sheet hand and moving it up to grab the boom. It's easier with my 84 litre board than the 74. But it is a waterstart, even if it's only about 5kts.... at which time there sure is no point staying out.
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Originally posted by WINDY MILLER
once you've got it cracked, EVERYTHING else will fall into place and soon you'll toss away ur GO board and you'll be back at scarbs on a sinker doing backies and catching waves
