Received: from hpmsd3.sj.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA212019879; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:44:39 -0700 Return-Path: <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hpoclrf.sj.hp.com by hpmsd3.sj.hp.com with SMTP (1.38.193.4/15.5+IOS 3.22) id AA27343; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:44:33 -0700 Sender: kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis Message-Id: <33F319D1.56E2@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 07:44:33 -0700 From: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk@hpmsd3.sj.hp.com-DeleteThis> Organization: Sending from inside Hewlett Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.07 9000/735) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Getting into the straps References: <199708140618.XAA15367@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I thought of the same thing whilst sailing at Coyote 5.5/285 Wed
afternoon.
I STILL have problems getting into the straps at times. I usually get
tossed or scared of being tossed once every session or two and my level
is I sometimes make all my jibes in the Bay.
Alot of it is the board. It is much harder to get into straps on a race
board shape and configuration where the straps are way out on the board
and way back on the fin....much how ASD sets up their custom boards. I
find many of my production boards that I've owned and sailed while
renting in Maui to be alot easier since the straps are way forward and
often there is only a center strap in the rear.
SOoooo.....To learn to get into the straps...Start with a board that has
1.3 times the flotation needed to float your body wt. plus rig and
wetsuit....For Beefers like me, that was a real problem so I had a 160L
board I found to learn on....These boards will be forgiving enough to
allow you to get in the straps and still learn the subtle foot pressures
needed to do it on a sinker board. If the straps are adjustable, move
them as far forward as possible as sailing on the fin is much harder.
When you go to a sinker, try to find one with a single back strap and
move the straps as far forward as possible. Move the straps back as you
get better.
For me on my sinkers, I have two methods. When really windy, I start
planning and riding on the fin so I put my back foot in first. When the
wind is "reasonable" I put my front foot in first when just starting to
plane, push forward on it and then slip my back foot in. Really nice
when this works. When really light, I often keep moving further and
further back to build up more speed and put my back foot in first to get
the max speed so I stay on a plane, then I put my front foot in.
At Sherman Isl or in the Channel at Coyote or Third.....I get tossed
alot trying different techniques and still haven't figured out which I
like best.
practice....
Kirkout
ASD epoxy: 8'8" & 9' RKT & 9'6" no-nose CS, F2 Xantos285
Wt 230#, Ht. 6'0", Usually sail on SF Bay, Cailf.
kirk_lindstrom@sj.hp.com-DeleteThis
Ken Poulton wrote:
>
> I thought of something else (whilst getting in the straps at 3rd today):
> I get myself hooked in and just barely planing and then step into the
> straps. I think once you get up to full planing speed, the board's
> steering becomes much more responsive to foot pressure movements.
> It's more stable and forgiving at the just-barely-planing speed.
>
> Ken Poulton
> poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
>
> "If so strong the force in Yoda is, construct a sentence with words in
> the proper order then why can't he?" -- Teng-Kiat Lee
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