Longer harness lines will help. I try and sheet out a bit and really hang off the boom and (make feet light to stop tail sinking) try to maintain fin pressure. It works for me.

Worst thing you can do is over sheet and fall backwards.

1. Try bearing off (a little).
2. Try pushing the boom away from you (equal pressure from both hands). This puts more weight on to your lines and in to your sail.

If you are going to pull on the boom or sheet in, I suggest small pumps...

Sailhack said...

You could always do what I do....fall backwards.

Ditto

do what i do unhook

windsufering said...

do what i do unhook

If you unhook you will loose any mast foot pressure that you have. Instead all your weight will be on your feet, sinking the tail of your board killing any prospects of planing out of a lull. Just my 2cents

one of the few times i use the uphaul - front hand on uphaul instead of boom lets the rig go more vertical

Experienced a variation of this common occurance today...

Hooked in, planing (pretty fast) and within seconds - in the water! I was hit with a gust in top of chop, causing the board to slide-out, still happens to me frequently, and normally I can manage to pull my back foot around and point downwind, but today I slid straight into a patch of no-wind...no recovery possible...and...wet!