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On learning to jibe, aside from all the technique issues:
It takes a lot of practice. I've heard some say 1000 jibes,
but I estimated it took me 2000 attempts to get up to 50%
completion rate.
To get a lot of practice in the Bay, you have to cut short those
1 to 2 mile reaches that are so easy to get used to.
You have to really try to save each jibe. It's easier to just
let yourself fall in yet again, but that's not how you learn.
When you drop a jibe, stop for a moment and analyze what went
wrong. If you fall the same way often, that's a good clue.
Now that I make most of my jibes, I find it's not because each
jibe is so good, but because I have gotten better at recognizing
problems and making adjustments (e.g., a foot adjustment or a
quicker or slower turn or sail flip).
Go to a camp (I liked Cort Larned; I hear great things about
ABK). I learned what to do much better than I got from videos.
It still took me lots more practice to make jibing work, but
after the camp I knew how to analyze my own mistakes.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment." -- Buster Bunny (Tiny Toons)
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