Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA026112766; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:06:06 -0700 Return-Path: <bbense@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis> Received: from shred.stanford.edu by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA139122766; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:06:06 -0700 Received: from localhost (bbense@localhost) by shred.stanford.edu (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA15719 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 13:02:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "Booker C. Bense" <bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis> To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: Jumping While Hooked-in In-Reply-To: <199704101633.JAA19116@scv4.apple.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970410125003.10937A-100000@shred.stanford.edu-DeleteThis> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Edward W. Scott wrote:
> OK, I admit it, I jump while hooked in. I thought it was dangerous, but
> given that I couldn't figure out how to unhook without losing speed at
> the critical time going up a ramp, I've continued to do it. Besides, 50%
> of the time, when I get airborne, my harness line drops out anyway.
> Reality struck yesterday when I had to bail at an uncomfortable altitude,
> and got slammed against my mast on the landing, still hooked in. Good
> thing I was wearing a helmet. Both the side of my head and my shoulder
> are sore today. Now I know how that guy broke his neck.
>
> So you were right, Booker, it is a dangerous proposition. But
> how/when/where do you unhook? At the base of the ramp, just before going
> up it? On takeoff when you sheet in? Inquiring minds want to know.
>
- I generally unhook as part of taking off. I pull the sail sharply
toward me as I'm going up the ramp and extend my legs at the top. Kind
of like a ski-jumper hitting the lip. ( I don't know how many
ex-skijumpers are on the list... ) I think of it as pulling the board
off the water with the sail. When I first started jumping, I made a
deliberate effort to unhook before turning into the ramp, but now it's
just sort of automatic.
- Booker
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