Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA109778896; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:48:16 -0700 Return-Path: <levb@amazon.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA144268894; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:48:14 -0700 Received: from smtp-outgoing.amazon.com (mail-out-3.amazon.com [209.191.164.153]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id QAA01841 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-relay-2.amazon.com (mail-relay-2.amazon.com [10.16.6.74]) by smtp-outgoing.amazon.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D888D2 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-relay-2.amazon.com id QAA29592; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:37:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: mail-relay-2: nobody set sender to <levb@amazon.com-DeleteThis> using -f Received: from pac-dhcp-22-12.amazon.com(10.21.22.12) by mail-relay-2 via smap (V2.0) id xma029571; Fri, 16 Jul 99 16:37:30 -0700 Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:37:03 -0700 Message-Id: <01BECFA9.6F03DF60.levb@amazon.com-DeleteThis> From: Lev Belov <levb@amazon.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: FW: Sailing out of control & sailing tired Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:37:02 -0700 Organization: amazon.com X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
My humble advise... Get yourself a smaller board, or at the very least a
smaller fin! It'll make a world of difference. I was in your position a
couple years ago - an intermediate with a 100 liter board (F2 ride) and the
stock blade fin for all conditions. Switching to a smaller, swept-pointer
fin made a lot of differences. Makes turning and landing easier, avoids
tailwalking, etc. I HIGHLY recomment the finworks waveblade 11.5 - I am
still using it with the F2 Air for the 6.0. This is an excellent 5.0 to
6.0 B&J fin.
One other thing, once you switch to a smaller fin, it'll probably spin out
on you at first... don't worry - you'll get used to it, and getting out
of a spinout is easier with a small fin/small board too.
As far as sailing tired... remember at the DMV drivers license exam they
have a question on what should one do when feeling sleepy while driving.
The possible answers were (as much as I remember) a) open the window and
make the radio louder; b) drive faster and change lanes more often; and c)
pull over and have a nap. Personally, I wished they also had all of the
above, but seriously... when tired, get a rest! It is outright
dangerous going out tired as you may get stuck, have a breakdown, and you
may be in for a long swim.
Just my personal opinions :-)
- Lev
On Friday, July 16, 1999 2:19 PM, lorinjohn@worldnet.att.net-DeleteThis
[SMTP:lorinjohn@worldnet.att.net-DeleteThis] wrote:
> I sail a Veloce 278 (9'2") (fin = 33cm... fairly straight) and quite
often I
> feel completely out of control. Typical places I sail are Sherman
Island,
> Berkeley, Pt. Isabel, the 'Stick, and (recently) Crissy. The most
> comfortable I feel is at the 'Stick (I suspect since it is very flat.).
My
> issues are that the board appears to come nearly completely out of the
water
> and becomes squirrelly (i.e., rocking from weather to leeward).
Typically,
> this problem is most pronounced in bumpy conditions. I don't jump nor
carve
> yet (at least not on purpose). When I'm at my best, I'm sailing very
fast
> in flat conditions (i.e., boring for the advanced sailor but gives me a
> rush... while I'm still an intermediate). If it helps, I'm 190-195 lbs.
>
> Second, I would be curious to know if other people have noticed if they
have
> a hard time getting on a plane when their body is starting to fail them.
I
> have found that (most recently yesterday at Sherman Island) when I'm
tired,
> I can't get on a plane and I tend to point like hell (causing me to get
> caught in a flood and face the "walk of shame.").
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
>
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