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windsurfillinois.com
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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A nice tack is a nice tack.
State of the art...circa 1980. Craig Yester, on a similar volume board. |
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justall
Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 442
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Nice. I can’t do that. Something to look forward to trying in the spring.
Video almost made it look like the board was slipping without a fin. |
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PeconicPuffin
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 1830
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:36 am Post subject: |
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Immaculate timing! Per ABK I usually go around the mast about an "hour" earlier and backwind for stability.
In any event, nice vid. Tacking is the great underrated skill! _________________ Michael
http://www.peconicpuffin.com |
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VinceSF
Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 249 Location: Maui, HI
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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PeconicPuffin wrote: | Tacking is the great underrated skill! |
I agree. it also uses far less energy is faster, and you don't lose ground. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Funny.
I probably attempted less than 10 tacks from 1989 to 2012.
Never got stuck downwind.
Even sailing from Paia to Hookipa, long planing jibes.
Sailed in the surf 400+ days and never found reason to tack. |
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wsatl
Joined: 30 Sep 2014 Posts: 66
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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dllee wrote: | Funny.
I probably attempted less than 10 tacks from 1989 to 2012.
Never got stuck downwind.
Even sailing from Paia to Hookipa, long planing jibes.
Sailed in the surf 400+ days and never found reason to tack. |
It's not about getting stuck downwind, it's about getting upwind faster. Why give up 40 -70 feet of upwind gains every time you transition? If one is in a narrow channel or trying to get off a tight beach, it's a useful and valuable skill. If winds are light and I'm barely planing anyway, why not use a few tacks to gain some upwind ground so I can burn it staying on a plane in a lull?
You may frequent someplace it's not "required" but some people need to (onshore wind) and some people want to.
Ricardo Campello tacking in the middle of a wave heat at Pozo: https://youtu.be/nO5W7HWrxxg?t=38 At 5:27, his opponent is tacking in the background. |
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PeconicPuffin
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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dllee wrote: |
Sailed in the surf 400+ days and never found reason to tack. |
Yet pro windsurfers tack regularly. They seem to have found ample reasons for wanting to reverse course without going an inch downwind. They tack because they can. For us amateurs tacking is part of the intermediate and up skill set, the smaller boards being increasingly challenging. _________________ Michael
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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I suspect you guys tack because YOU cannot jibe. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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When you tack, you come OFF a plane.
When you jibe, you can exit on a plane. |
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