looks nice phil...thanks for sharing

Haggar said...
Nice one Phil. Is that on your Carve 111 ?

Yeah, on the 111. Stoked with this board, great for wind up 20 odd knots.

Looks like a really sweet spot to sail.

Nice tack at the end there. Frothin to sail up there.

Nice video as always Phil. Was great catching up with you the other day and hope we can have a longer session next time. I'll make a quick video of my footage and post up. I only followed you once before we came in as my other run was rather selfish across the bay to see if I still have what it takes to battle the open ocean.
Cheers
Marty

PhilSWR said..
Cheers for any comments Just trying to piece it all together, only just starting getting my gybes under some sort of control- bloody hard things! Tacks are going ok- and handy in the wind shadow near the shore. Still so much to learn...

2035, shoot up one day. Definitely a fun place to sail- especially when there's a few decent waves rolling. Near dead flat in the clip.

Mate i've been trying to pull off gybes for ages. Could do left turn but fail 98% 99.9% right turns. I did the Guy Cribb intuition at a spur of the moment. Best thing i ever did. I'm no master but i'm pulling gybes off left and right... well most of them. My percentage has improved immensely. If you get the chance do the course or get the video. And a little practice you'll be plaining out of your gybes.

Here is a quick clip with Phil in it. There was only 1 run where we were together. Sorry if it bores some but it's truly a great place to windsurf.
Cheers
Marty

PhilSWR & MartinF2 - can I ask what gopro mounts you guys use? If head mounted, doe it get in the way (expecially when water starting)?

A friend and I are thinking of filming each other's sailing so that we can review the footage and see what we are doing wrong with our gybes and technique.

Like Phil said but I have a vented helmet strap from Gopro. I like the view from you head as you can look around and follow others where other fixed mounts are one dimensional. It has it's drawbacks - You have to be aware it's on there when the sail is overhead but I've never had a problem water starting. I've bumped it a couple times beach starting but the biggest problem is not being able to pop the sail on you head to carry gear. I basically head to shore and take the helmet off and put it on the boom between the harness lines (top side) and carry my gear no problems from there.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Cheers
Marty