Flat water vs. Open Ocean waves/chop

dllee · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay

Working on your jibe is going to be a lot harder in the open ocean, and you'll probably need that skill more than the ability to jibe in flat water.

KevinDo · Joined: 02 Jul 2012 Posts: 426 Location: Cabrillo Inside

Going fast as in speed sailing or slalom?

Either way, I could use a training buddy! Hit me up!

-Kevin

westender · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 1288 Location: Portland / Gorge

Do whatever forces you to work harder. It's determination and effort that improves your skills. Flat water doesn't sound like much of a workout.

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

DelCarpenter · Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 499 Location: Cedar Falls, IA

As a flatwater board sailor I agree wave sailing is a different sport. But both of them are windsurfing. Single handed dinghy sailing and America's Cup racing are different sports but both of them are sailing.

I started another thread on "How many windsurfing sports?"

LeeD · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 1175

Flat water can be anything you want it to be.
You can cruise around sailing semi fast doing 5 mile reaches, relax and looking around.
Or, you could be the fastest in your pond, reach no farther than 200 years, and attempt your best ever jibes time and time again.
You will be exhaused in 20 minutes doing the later.

allen · Joined: 13 Aug 1996 Posts: 237

DELCARPENTER: I started another thread on "How many windsurfing sports?"

I believe it would be windsurfing disciplines as windsufing itself is the sport and there are many disciplines within the sport.

westender · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 1288 Location: Portland / Gorge

Is the average sailor that inept? I know you're not talking about yourself. Shocked

LeeD · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 1175

Inept....
96% of windsurfer's today cannot reach 200 yards, jibe and do it again for even 3 minutes. 20 minutes, would have you doing at least 40 full planing jibes in a row.
NONE of you can do that, and neither can I. Tyson Poor can.

westender · Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 1288 Location: Portland / Gorge

Hmm. OK. Guess I hang with a different crowd. Sad

Edit for info:

I measured it today. 25 seconds. If we're just mowing the lawn you gotta jibe at 25 seconds. If the swell is good it's more than that. So,, averaging at least 2 per minute. I made one reach about as slow as I could go, 55 seconds.