Wet Willy said...
The thing that I've been finding tricky is flipping the sail in the water...sometimes as you flip it, the wind just slams it down hard, mast first. Other times the sail flips well but is pushed down into the water anyway. And sometimes it flips and stays up; what's the secret to getting this right?
Know what ya mean Wetwilly. Ever since I took the sport back up I find the sails drive underwater whenever I flip them from the clew. I will swear my old wave sails from 13 years ago flipped super easy on top of the water. Granted, I use 2 cammed sails, 8.5 and 6.5. Perhaps that's the reason.
One thing that I've started doing is to fly the sails no matter which way it is facing (even if the wrong direction) then either waterstart and gybe or let it flip from the flying positon. The sail is then on top of the water and in the correct position. Flipping from the clew seems the easy way but not if it sinks your sail and sometimes the board. This works for me, but perhaps someone knows a better way for large cammed sails.
On another note Wet Willy, I bought an old formula board to replace my broke 131 carve for low wind days and I love it. I recall you saying you have a 8.5 Ezzy Freeride. Would you say it has almost as much kick as the Infinity? I need to replace my current one which is falling apart and if the freeride has only slightly less kick without all the hassles i've had with cams, I'll be sold.
Oh yeah, I sometimes just put my back foot in the footstrap during a waterstart when it's super overpowered to help avoid a catapult. Only a few times have I had both feet in after landing a jump badly but feet still and and sail still flying.
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