Return-Path: <Owain.Chilton@geio.ge.com-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id LAA03756 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:05:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id LAA23028 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:05:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown-147.101.pilot.net (unknown-147-101.pilot.net [198.232.147.101]) by msgbas1.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84BE156 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:05:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from unknown-24-4.pilot.net (unknown-24-4.pilot.net [206.189.24.4]) by unknown-147.101.pilot.net with ESMTP id LAA29414 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from roc02bxhgeisge.is.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by unknown-24-4.pilot.net with ESMTP id LAA19827 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by roc02bxhgeisge.is.ge.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <PB82T2Y0>; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:00:06 -0400 Message-ID: <499F26102ADED21192E30008C75DFD270603FB56@roc07bxgeisge.is.ge.com-DeleteThis> From: "Chilton, Owain (GEIO)" <Owain.Chilton@geio.ge.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Self Rescue for Lost Fin Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:02:17 -0400 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
You have to resist the board's tendency to turn upwind by pulling with you
back foot and pushing with your front foot. I have broken a number of fins,
and have never used the harness tied to the footstraps method. I like to use
the harness to hook in to save my arm strength. It also helps to keep some
weight on the windward rail. The more rail you have in the water, the more
lateral resistance you create. Admittedly, I use a small board, 75l, so
sinking some of the board to create lateral resistance is easier for me than
for someone on a 120l board. The only issue I have faced is concentrating on
NOT planing. If you are tempted to try and plane, the board will spin-out
immediately.
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From: rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis [mailto:rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis]
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 9:06 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Self Rescue for Lost Fin
If anyone would like to detail what he/she does to self rescue when they
lose the fin, I would appreciate it.
I have heard that the harness it really to much (how do you tie it on?) and
maybe dragging a line would be better.
I had always planned to drag my safety kit, and last night I had my first
opportunity to try it. It didn't work so well as I kept turning up into the
wind and sailing backward. Maybe part of that problem was that I was
uphauling and so standing in the middle of the board by the mast.
This makes me think that a crucial part of the self rescue may be where
you're standing on the board. Maybe it doesn't work so well unless you can
get back, so maybe you're better off starting from a water start position.
In my case last night it was an academic lesson as the incident occurred
between the kite park and the Albany bulb, on the inside jibe sailing at
Isabel between A bouy (just above the island) and as far toward the race
track I dared that southerly wind. I had taken out my floater because, as
is not unusual for Isabel, it looked like a lake, but out a short way it's
windy--it was 23 to 25 by bouy A. I wasn't even in a rigging frenzy and I
forgot to screw in my fin. Interestingly, I sailed for about 45 minutes
before it fell out. (Power box.) So from where it happened, it was a 1/2
float down wind down wave to the new park on Albany blub.
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