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KevinDo
Joined: 02 Jul 2012 Posts: 426 Location: Cabrillo Inside
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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outhaul wrote: | Try this Guy Cribb tip. It's easy and cheap. It will get you very close very quickly and on any rig. Google "Guy Cribb the truth about harness lines" for the how-to PDF. |
That PDF helped me alot on setting my harness line. I usually had them very close to the front |
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KevinDo
Joined: 02 Jul 2012 Posts: 426 Location: Cabrillo Inside
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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PeconicPuffin wrote: | Mark your sails, not your boom. Push the bottom of the perfectly positioned harness line to the sail and put a small dot there. Then each sail carries the rigging information with it. You'll still find yourself making minor adjustments from session to session, but the mark on the sail will last longer than that of the boom. |
This is brilliant! |
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rich1
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 156
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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me like too! now you don't have to mark both sides, plus you don't have a whack of marks on the boom. My booms make it all the way from my 4 to my 7 so that's 5 sets of marks.
Brilliant! |
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isobras
Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Posts: 439
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, yes ... another panpharmacon from the Prefulgent and often Polyphiloprogenitive Pufffin. |
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sailingjoe
Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 1087
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Guy Cribb has perpetrated a common idea regarding windsurfing that works when you are light, have steady winds and don't have to sail upwind much. Personally, I'm not that type of guy. I keep my lines well forward of the recommendations. It helps my upwind sailing. My back arm is often fully extended. If you are the type of guy who likes to micro-tune, harness line, outhaul and boom height adjustments are your bag. I often sail in gusty conditions and don't set my lines to rake the sail back as a rule. In fact I seldom rake my sail back and get "dialed in" as Guy would say. Since I'm usually the senior sailor at the launch, I receive a lot of "advise and criticism". Everybody also wants to be my coach. Some "experts" say I wouldn't need such large sails (nothing abnormal for Pros and other big fellows) if I improve my technique. Balderdash!!! If you want to change your harness lines everytime you sail, then do it. Personally, I'ld rather try a gybe than beach my rig for something like that. |
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isobras
Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Posts: 439
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:04 am Post subject: |
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Beach your rig? You should be able to adjust your harness line position a little bit on the fly sometimes, and in the water in 30 seconds any time. No wonder you're having shoulder problems: you're either using MUSCLE to BAF, or you're sailing sheeted out and thus manhandling much bigger sails than necessary, or you're just making stuff up (i.e., trolling). In any case, surely you can't be serious. |
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PeconicPuffin
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:54 am Post subject: |
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KevinDo wrote: | PeconicPuffin wrote: | Mark your sails, not your boom. Push the bottom of the perfectly positioned harness line to the sail and put a small dot there. Then each sail carries the rigging information with it. You'll still find yourself making minor adjustments from session to session, but the mark on the sail will last longer than that of the boom. |
This is brilliant! |
Glad you like it. I have found that marking sails is a tremendous time saver (writing the extension setting at the bottom of the luff sleeve, and the boom setting at the clew). Yes the info is usually printed on the sail somewhere and always on the bag, but having it right in front of my nose probably takes a minute off of my rigging time. Years ago I felt I was vandalizing the sails...now it's a no brainer. _________________ Michael
http://www.peconicpuffin.com |
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DanWeiss
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:59 am Post subject: |
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On a similar note, people seem to like printed settings on the luff tube to use as a reference for setting consistent boom height. Unfortunately, this is pure marketing drivel, because once the basic extension length is set, adding or reducing downhaul will move the markings on the sail up or down relative to the deck of the board. Our boom heights remain a function of our own height which never changes (props to the most respected, aged among us).
Instead, use a paint pen to mark the mast and set boom height to that. This will remain a constant regardless of sail tuning and make repeat settings a snap. _________________ Support Your Sport. Join US Windsurfing!
www.USWindsurfing.org |
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