For a couple of seasons I had some pain around the front of hips area.
Just now I've figured that the harness bar was pushing on the spot that hurt.
I had a Liberty harness I got used. It was a bit big for me so I thought this was allowing it to roll into the pelvis / hip.
I've since changed back to waist. I'm liking the stance and feeling ok after seeing physio. He said it is not hips or pelvis but compressed ribs from lots of TOW, and good to go send again.

Has anybody had something similar? Do you accept some pain under harness from big sessions as you would other parts of the body?

Mark _australia said..
Had a torn urethra from a crash where the leg straps pulled up.
you’re fine
😉

No useful info I just wanted to tell my story sorry

See,

thats why you don’t use a seat harness.

Torn dick, rock babies (kidney stone's apparently they hurt), lots of things to look forward to. A torn urethra would have been so nasty.
No idea how people keep going till their 80's. Could only be massive passion for the sport as it's got to hurt them surely. I'm 49, spring chicken in windsurfing.
Good session yesterday doing as physio fella told me, I released some tension for a nice little 30k session. I dig the zen vibe of big distance, I'd like to be doing 100k a day but don't want to wear me out.

Liberty was good. It got stuck in the mud once at Lake George and truly felt like a big diaper though.
Originally I was liking it as it did not ride up. Being skinny, waist was always riding up.
So when I thought it was causing me pain and went back to waist, I was conscious to try and stand out straight, super 7 style, pull the harness down rather than up. All that jazz, I think it worked. Not too much riding up. Now waist was feeling better than Liberty for me. I liked having hip movement back again.
I think Liberty might be better for massive big fella loads long time. And best suited to people that know their stance already, as it might teach bad habits. Little fella like me better off to have movement, adjust weight / waist for gusts better maybe.
I was considering seat but may still need old fella as no kids yet.

Mark _australia said..
Had a torn urethra from a crash where the leg straps pulled up.
you’re fine
😉

No useful info I just wanted to tell my story sorry

W T F

You are scaring me


With waist harnesses if I get it adjusted poorly I irritate my rib cartilage but nothing other than that. Had a bad case of torn rib cartilage once, probably from being dumb with a weightbelt but similar injury, and couldn't sleep on that side for a couple months at least.

jn1 said..

FYI: The local wave sailors call seat harnesses nappies. Some of them give me sht about it too.

Watchoo talkin bout. The harness in my profile pic doesn't look anything like a nappie.

I bought a used XL Mystic harness for $20 bucks at the swapmeet it fits good. So I bought a new Mystic for $600 in XL took it sailing and my hips hurt , too small so I gave it to the wife. Shrinkflation I guess.

My problem with the seat harness, is walking in them, if I have to go a longish distance it does my hips and lower back in.
So if it's a long walk back, I now take the harness off and fix it to the boom.
But I've had crashes that tore the harnesses apart, without damaging me.

jn1 said..
FYI: The local wave sailors call seat harnesses nappies. Some of them give me sht about it too.

If Bernd R uses it, it cannot be all that bad... 😉

I don't have the uretha problem 😉
As a small person I use a seat harness to hold the power easier without doing my back in.
I have osteoporosis in my ribcage. The only time I've had rib pain was when I was slogging around and the boom was too high.
It was pulling up rather than out.
I was worried I wouldn't be able to sail anymore.
Lowered the boom and problem solved.phew..