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J64TWB
Joined: 24 Dec 2013 Posts: 1685
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Come off plane, head upwind, put money in the bank. |
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westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 1288 Location: Portland / Gorge
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Advice for planing through lulls? |
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A lofty goal! A very small percentage of sailors are "Blasting" even when there is no lull. Maybe it depends on your concept of Blasting. I'm all for it, don't get me wrong.
mmclimbhigh wrote: | Hey Wind Junkies!
With regard to blasting through the lulls, ? |
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manuel
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:36 am Post subject: |
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A quick side note that formulas and freestyle boards cruise through lulls like they don't even exist. While under sized wave boards tend to come to a complete stop no matter how much one jiggles around... _________________ *NEW* - Manu's Windsurfing Blog, The STORE!
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20939
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:14 am Post subject: Re: Advice for planing through lulls? |
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westender wrote: | Maybe it depends on your concept of Blasting. |
I've long had the impression that most people call planing in a straight line, ignoring any terrain, "blasting" aka "mowing the lawn". |
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philodog
Joined: 28 Apr 2000 Posts: 210
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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"A quick side note that formulas and freestyle boards cruise through pulls like they don't even exist. While under sized wave boards tend to come to a complete stop no matter how much one jiggles around..."
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Ditto on this. My board/sail choice has changed to bigger board/littler sail. Plane quicker, plane thru the lulls, not overpowered in the gusts, easier shlogging. More planing time = more swell time. I ride one board in the Gorge, 85 liter Fanatic Skate with 20cm freestyle fin, 2.8-4.7. That's probably a little extreme for most people but I swear by it. It has it's downsides but the upside far outweighs it. |
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konajoe
Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 517
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Changes in wind speed always result in a change in wind direction, as far as a sail is concerned. Do the vector math. Any drop in wind speed results in an apparent wind direction that is coming more from the nose of the board. (A sudden drop to 0 will always make the apparent wind come directly from the nose.) So immediately after a lull hits, your sail should be more sheeted in than it was a second before the lull hit. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Don't forget to bear off and get more weight on front straps by leaning down on your harness lines.. |
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konajoe
Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 517
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:02 am Post subject: |
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I'll stick with holding your course, while paying attention to your sail trim, weighting your front foot, and being VERY still. Steering the board is considered acceleration, which requires energy that you would rather not use in this case.
Go back to the vector math, which will tell you what's going on with the apparent wind direction. Start with a steady wind of 20, and do an instantaneous drop to a steady 10. Hold your course perfectly still.
When the wind drops, the apparent wind swings way forward, meaning that you should sheet in to keep the sail trimmed correctly. Now, because the wind has dropped, you're going to start slowing down. The vector math shows that as you slow down, the wind will start to swing around to the side of the board. To keep your sail trimmed correctly, you'd need to ease the sail as you slow down. So, in effect, you are bearing off, even though you are holding your course.
If you do change your course down wind, you increase your chance of getting launched when the wind gusts back up, since the gust would make an apparent wind that would be coming from behind you. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Well, don't bother to heed your own advice.
You said lulls cause a slight headwind. So holding course just makes you head upwind higher, which automatically SLOW you down in the lighter wind |
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grantmac017
Joined: 04 Aug 2016 Posts: 946
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Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Point toes, go around peaking swells, straighten legs, transfer weight onto front foot and harness. |
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