windsup users - is it me or the equipment?

U2U2U2 · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:07 pm Post subject:

Now what I’ve found to really interest me is the OP has been a member since 2015, and this the very first post.

anna1 · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 5

What a great forum! Thanks, everyone, for all this feedback. It seems like the takeaway is that I should take a lesson and keep working at it. The rigging on the windsup seems super simple and I followed the rigging video, but it's possible I have something wrong. I will keep fiddling to see if adjustments on the down haul or up haul make a difference. Thanks again.

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

Again, where are you sailing and what was the average wind conditions?

anna1 · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 5

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

ctuna · Joined: 27 Jun 1995 Posts: 1126 Location: Santa Cruz Ca

11'6" Seems like an oil tanker in terms of being able to turn it.
Depending on your weight a modern setup in the 150 to 175 liter range
would provide enough flotation for even a 200 pound person.
Length of around 9 ft.
Rigging and the sail type will have considerable effect.
Recommend anybody that want to stick with Windsurfing
buy Trickionairy 3 .
Depending on where you live you should be able to find some almost
free Masts and Sails .

I mean there is such a thing as 2 light a wind.
Pictures of what you have and how you are rigging it would help.
Rigging itself is and art . If the manufacturer provided good instructions
it doesn't have to be.

You might want to go over to Lakes Bay NJ and take your gear with you.
The talk to J Karabaz at Extreme Windsurfing to get some pointer on
how to rig and maybe some Lessons.

Don't know how far that is but he has a shop that has been there
for decades and it's a noted as the best Water Sports shop in the area.

https://www.extremewindsurfing.com/

windswell · Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 211

As Isobar said, a lesson or two would rocket you ahead of just trying it yourself.
Since you're on a long-board, advice from a long-board sailor would help more than short-boarders. In either case, you may be inadvertently actually making it harder by teaching yourself, using the wrong stance, wrong boom height, etc.
A very common error in underpowered, long-board sailing is to sail with the boom much too low. This results in a wobbly, hold-up-the-sail condition.
Try raising your boom to shoulder height or higher when your're standing next to the mast base. With the boom higher,
you're mast will be more upright catching more wind,
you'll transfer some of your weight to the mast base by hanging a little on the boom,
you'll be able to step around on the board without full body weight.
Search on this forum and internet for Mast Base Pressure .

capetonian · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 1197 Location: Florida

A lesson from a good instructor will save you YEARS of frustration.

ABKTomL · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 5

Andy Brandt, one of the best instructor in the US, is giving a few one day clinics on Long Island. Consider one of them.

https://www.abkboardsports.com/camps

anna1 · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 5