Yeah, no worries. Have you fixed up in 10 minutes!!!! Ok. Just joking.
The thing is it is not easy, it needs practice to perfect. Couple of tips that helped me. You need maximum speed going in. Speed is your friend. Sail off the wind at the beginning and really concentrate on going fast. A warning though, don't go too far downwind or the wind will catch up with you and it will start pushing on the sail. You will know what I mean when it happens. It will end in tears!!!
Concentrate on good footwork. I would advise you to get a board set up with the mast and boom but no sail and practice the move on dry land. Keep practicing until you can sing a song and do the move without thinking about it. It happens so quick on the water your movements have to be automatic. I found that if you concentrate on getting the board around, the sail pretty much gybes by itself.
Watch some videos to get the correct technique. I've watched hours of them just to get the feeling of it. Others will no doubt add their thoughts, for such a seemingly simple move, there is much to get right

Watch dashers 12 step Jibe program on you tube. I've been windsurfing for 18 years and watching this video has improved my jibing very quickly after years of struggling as stated above it becomes second nature happens quickly and the less you think about it the better once you have the fundamental 12 steps in your head

mob dog said..
Watch dashers 12 step Jibe program on you tube. I've been windsurfing for 18 years and watching this video has improved my jibing very quickly after years of struggling as stated above it becomes second nature happens quickly and the less you think about it the better once you have the fundamental 12 steps in your head

+ 1 .. I got some good tips from this one. 30 years sailing and I'm still learning them..

go fast, carve hard, throw the sail around

For you it does but not me. I stall my gybes without exception with my 110

110 and bigger boards rarely if ever gybe well - they need a lot of prompting / technique.

100 litre boards gybe best still offering decent stability.

My 110 Patrik gybes like a dog remembering my bad technique but with my Patrik 100 i can partially plane out.

Half a loaf is better than none.

I'm just starting to do them recently , kind of . . The turning point for me was speed and flat water , back foot out , no harness , as fast as you can downwind, and then it starts to make sense. You got to go faster than the wind and then the sail flips into your hands . Now I just got to do it another 500 times and it should look smooth.

Only around two percent of slalom sailors plane consistently out of their gybes in powered up conditions with decent chop. By consistently i mean more than half the time.

Another tip - count the seconds in your head the time it takes to rotate your sail from when you start to grabbing hold of the other side of your boom with two hands.

The faster you are able to do this the chances of a planing gybe increase. Aim for less than 6 seconds,

Also,if you rotate the sail slowly like myself then you need to carve the board slower otherwise you will end up doing your full 180 turn and you have only just rotated your sail which will stall the speed of your board.

At the point of full sail rotation - the board should be pointing DEEPLY DOWNWIND in order to maintain speed or momentum.

Imax1 said..
>>>>. Now I just got to do it another 500 times and it should look smooth.

And on the other tack, don't forget the other tack!

decrepit said..

Imax1 said..
>>>>. Now I just got to do it another 500 times and it should look smooth.

And on the other tack, don't forget the other tack!

Good advice. When you sail back to the beach don't just step off, do a jibe then step off. Just so you get the same skills in both directions.

Any video of your gybing so we can see whats going on? Or can you ask anyone where you sail to give you some tips after watching you gybe? There are loads of how to gybe videos on the net.

Thank you all for your help!
Trully not yet read all, I will check closely and come back with new inquires if any!

RumChaser said..
Yeah, no worries. Have you fixed up in 10 minutes!!!! Ok. Just joking.
The thing is it is not easy, it needs practice to perfect. Couple of tips that helped me. You need maximum speed going in. Speed is your friend. Sail off the wind at the beginning and really concentrate on going fast. A warning though, don't go too far downwind or the wind will catch up with you and it will start pushing on the sail. You will know what I mean when it happens. It will end in tears!!!
Concentrate on good footwork. I would advise you to get a board set up with the mast and boom but no sail and practice the move on dry land. Keep practicing until you can sing a song and do the move without thinking about it. It happens so quick on the water your movements have to be automatic. I found that if you concentrate on getting the board around, the sail pretty much gybes by itself.
Watch some videos to get the correct technique. I've watched hours of them just to get the feeling of it. Others will no doubt add their thoughts, for such a seemingly simple move, there is much to get right

It's true, practising in land make a difference! I have tried and it works! I will try some more!

Tons of good tips, here.

Two more thoughts:
1) Visualize the jibe - be able to do it in your mind. From reaching back on the boom and unhooking from the harness to planing on the other side. You have to be able to do it in your mind before you can do it on the water. On the water, you don't have enough time to "figure it out". You need to know ahead of time what you are trying to do at each step. So, watch those videos: Jem Hall, Sam Ross, Peter Hart, Dasher, Get Windsurfing, Nico Prien, TWS etc until you know them in you mind with your eyes closed and can imagine yourself doing one.
2) My opinion - no one does a "jibe". We all figured out the 1000 ways the many steps of a jibe can go wrong and learned how to fix things as they happen. Too much/too little wind at entry. Unexpected chop going downwind. Turn radius needs correcting halfway through. Too little/too much rail pressure. So, that's where the advice to find a place with smooth water comes in. Eliminate some of the variables. Jibe in a gust so you have plenty of speed and don't have to deal with trying to plane out of an underpowered jibe. Once you've figured out the 1000 ways to $&%@ it up and how to fix them, you'll hit them consistently.

Once you do figure it out, you won't jibe just to change directions. You'll look to jibe because that carving feeling is so much fun. Good luck!

Thanks everyone for your advices!
I am now on practising on the beach the jibe mobes before entering the real sea! I notice that this helped me a lot!
Now with not very strong wind I manage to jibe some kind of planning! Also, I noticed that when turning when I first have my right leg in front jibe is getting more difficult compared to my other body side! I think this has to do with my muscles and how I control my different body sides.
I will try to get a video to show you my efforts!
Thanks and Happy New Year to you all!!