More permanent boom marking options??

rich1 · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 156

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!

isobras · Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Posts: 439

Ah, yes ... another panpharmacon from the Prefulgent and often Polyphiloprogenitive Pufffin.

sailingjoe · Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 1087

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.

isobras · Joined: 17 Jul 2012 Posts: 439

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.

PeconicPuffin · Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830

DanWeiss · Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA

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.