If planing then:

Lean out more, sheet in more, you need more force from the rig.

When this happens your weight doesn't go straight down into the board, it sort of pushes sideways from your feet into the board at an angle towards the centre of the board -- when you're doing it right the board will become really easy to steer.

[Edit: helps if I read the question hey )

It's not the board position.
The whole rig needs to be leaned more towards the nose.

i don't know where i picked this up from but i've always thought the general rule is to keep the board reasonably 'flat' along both axis, except when going upwind when you lift the windward edge to increase purchase.

i must admit, i'm not quite sure what you mean by incline...but things to possibly try are:

if you mean pitch (the nose lifting) then try your mast foot forward to increase the mast-foot pressure

if you mean roll (the board is not trimmed across it's width), you might find that having your footstraps inboard is not giving you the leverage you need over the rail. move them out (at least the front one) a tad to give you more control.

decrepit said...

It's the term "inclined slightly upwind" isn't it?
I think he means the windward rail is down, (is this correct?).
If so, there are 2 forces working on the boards roll.
!) your weight pushing the windward rail down
2) the fin and rig leverage on the board pushing the windward rail up.

Increasing fin length will give the fin more leverage over the board, as will powering the sail up more.

Moving footstraps more inboard will reduce the effect of your weight.

ah, i did not read that properly, comprehension failed me. decrepit has the right of it, a depressed windward rail is what you were on about...ignore my post and go with this one!!!

Scooby said...

thx guys! will try all and report back

YOu are getting planing at present ?

here's a recycled thread that might help too

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Into-the-straps-and-heading-upwind/?SearchTerms=red,dot