Pure Filth,

Back hand pressure can lead to cavitation, moving the harness lines back a touch can help.

also

if your boom breaks offshore on your going in side then you can through a lot of water treading an fiddling around take your boom of an turn it over. It's not ideal but it is good enough to get you into shore. Have tried this one before and it does work, ya just got to not think about what else could be in the water with you

when ya coming back down?? we need ya to bring the wind with you again

Alby


It's all just a minor ripple in the cess pool of life!

Surfs up Baby!!

boom snapped on both sides... and then when i crashed i bent the fore arm i think... but yeh i need a knew boom and to fix the sail before i can got for a sail with the big one again

Haydz

Hi F.A.
As I was posting the last message, 'Chumpy' came into the shop & described the conditions that your situation occured in.
(Bring your sail in, we'll sort it out,maybe we'll even find you a 2nd hand (carbon) boom)
Young Chumpy was saying that he was a tad overpowered sometimes with a 7.0. & he's no sparrow,( no comments on Christmas turkeys) so it's hardly suprising that you were coming across a few problems.
Grumpy would be right for some situations, though from what I hear for that day, the rollercoaster would have been even worse with a bigger fin.
My viewpoint comes not from my ego, nor casual observation but from 20 years of an an instructors viewpoint.
The main antidote is experience, but the fun of the sport is getting that experience.
The path is lined with pain & payment(usually both) but it's fun

Have fun.
Jez www.2ndwind.com.au