there is a similar method for getting 4 days of use out of a pair of undies. forwards, backwards, inside-out forwards, inside-out backwards

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Originally posted by hardie

lucky I don't want to have anymore children

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I didnt think you were still capable of having children Hard's?

been trying to ween myself off the short lines. started with 20's then fluctuated between 20 and 22 . now on 24's

one thing i noticed is that my arms did more work and got pumped up when i changed to the 24's

tried 26's on a mates rig and they just felt gumby.

i have my boom at the very top of the luff cut out as i'm 6'5 and it didnt feel like the harness was doing any thing.

my opinion is that its all relative to your height and length of arms, so you just have to play around with the combo till you find something that works.

as for seat harnesses go i had one when i was learning, then i saw one of the top local guys with a wastie and figured he must know better so went out and bought one. found it much easier and my learing curve improved dramatically.

I said in an earlier post that I'm running 26's. That's only partly true. I have adjustable lines and most of the time I run them at 26". Before I got the adjustables I had 28's and I found them to be "gumby" too. I like to position my harness line ends within 1-2inches of each other and they were just too long for my arms. Kauli must be a gorilla!

What I love about the adjustables is that when I'm underpowered I leave them nice and long - keeps the sail more upright for more power. If I start to get overpowered I shorten them up an inch or two to reduce the efficency of the sail. Not 100% sure why this is but it works a treat!

Recommended.

Tried it today. F###IN LOVED IT.

It took me about 3 seconds to get used to it

why did i leave it so long seat harness off to the bin.

also trying out a new board,fin,boom and sail pushed the windgasm factor to 9.5

to good 2 be true, what the devil is going on

switched from 20 to 22 today in gusty w - wsw on my big sail 5.8 and found it a lot more forgiving in the gusts as well as keeping more power in the lulls. tempted to try 24 now

Harness line lengths seem to be getting longer for a lot of crew. I'm running 26", but that's considered pretty short now. Will start getting onto 28"s soon. Benefits seem to be mainly increased control, and also a little less chance of accidentally hooking in.

Measured up a lot of people's harness lines in GC last week as there was a discussion on how different brands measure the length, and it was interesting to see that there weren't many people on anything shorter than 30". A lot of guys running 36" for the real windy stuff.

Ben, I would have thought that there's a limit to how long you could go before you are unable to reach the boom while still hooked in. For me that's 30" with the ends nice and close together.

Makes sense.

Are you putting higher/longer cut-outs in your sails?

How far apart does every one set there lines, mine are 7" apart I've seen guys with them 3"apart and some about 12" apart.

How far apart for you Mr King

hand's width apart

There's no consensus on harness line length...I like 22" for my waist harness. Experimenting is the way to go. It only took 2-3 sessions to get used to. About four years ago I gave away my seat harness...I still preferred it for race sails and cammed sails, but I no longer sail either any more.