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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:59:35 -0400
From: "Salmon, Michael" <michael.salmon@cplc.com-DeleteThis>
Subject: RE: Getting into the straps...
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>> > So the symptoms are these:
>> >
>> > 1. Try to get in the front strap, and I go head to wind.
>>
I experienced this same frustration for a while when first learning to
sail a shortboard. The most frustrating thing is that it all happens so
quickly. The moment you are comfortably on a plane, then move back to
get into the footstraps the board noses into the wind.
I asked Cort Larned about this problem at a dry land clinic and he
claimed the secret to getting in the straps was to maintain "MPF",
mastfoot pressure. Loosely translated, his explanation was that the
center of resistance moves aft as you change your foot position from
close to the mast-track to the footstraps. This change in center of
resistance will cause the board to round up if you don't equally move
the center of effort of the sail with you as you walk back. In order to
prevent this, he claimed, that you need to maintain a large downward
force on your mast base as you move back. This will tend to keep the
center of resistance forward as you SLOWLY move back to the straps.
keep trying
>
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