AdamHatfield:
Thank you THANK YOU for that link!! Wow what a resource
I've just been downloading article after article from there, makes me want to get some lessons with that dude!
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Originally posted by greenleader
raise your boom to eye height or higher.
uncomfortable to start with but lifts your weight off the board by transferring it down your mast and onto the front of the board.
From one of the downloaded articles:
The most common mistakes in tuning for footstraps (and in general) are:
Boom too low. Unless you’re under 5’4”, your boom should be in the top half of the
cut-out. The higher boom will help you get further back on the board whilst keeping
your weight on the mast-foot.
Harness lines too far forward. (The back one should be a third of the way down your
boom). If your harness lines are too far forwards they rake the rig back, ruining your
early planing, (check out Intuition’s ‘The Truth About Harness Lines’, Windsurf Mag Jan
2003)I always put my boom right at the bottom of the cutout, I'll try putting it up a bit now. I also have trouble getting into the footstraps (ie. never made it to them!!), but the pieces of the jigsaw are falling into place.
