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Reply in Topic: Parawing Light Wind Jibe
BLINKY2481
BLINKY2481
NSW
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NSW, 415 posts
7 Oct 2026 6:37am
Ingenuity said..
Been struggling with light wing jibe wearing the Parawing. What is your go to light wind jibe? In strong wind, the basic jibe is fairly easy. In light wind it is anything but easy.

What should be the order of light wind progression?
Heineken
Handle Pass
Pulling on D-Line
Tack


Definitely handle pass behind the back is the easiest and most efficient in light winds,way easier than it looks,when learning let the wing hit the water so
it doesn’t hit yr back when u handle pass and make sure to be coming out of the turn before u whip it off the water,it’s the whip that gives you good power to complete the gybe
Reply in Topic: PPC Orbit parawing
BLINKY2481
BLINKY2481
NSW
415 posts
NSW, 415 posts
19 Sep 2026 6:14am
foilstate said..
Just got my hands on a second hand 3.5. Only had a low end session. Fabric feels the same grammage as hybrid 777, ultra light. The end of the cell on the trailing edge is just closed on one point in the middle of the cell. So the water drains right through, really no trouble there. Compared to an hybrid the low end is less grunty although the trim helps. When they say 16kts for the low end they are being very generous/optimistic. Feels like a 3m hybrid or something, so more like 18-20kts, and probably mid to high range to have great vmg. Wing flies very far in the wind window and tends to collapse at the tips quite a bit. Feels like a "high aspect" pw, it asks a lot and probably gives a lot in return. Will report back when the wind shows up.


The wing tips collapse because there has to be pressure on the back lines all the time,listen to the recent Xfoils podcast with Sam,Walt and Dillon have great insight for flying them