<you were both holding your respective sails at very different angles... maybe it was to do with airflow or something.
How did you go at turning it around?>

I wasn't aware of that. I was on the front. I was aware that my booms weren't high enough. That makes the sail pull from further forward. And we had to get the mast tracks right. But maybe the air flow had something to do with it too.

Turning around was fun. We only tacked. And that was on command from the skipper. Pete yelled out something nautical and I sheeted out. The nose turned into the wind and then what I was supposed to do was jump around the front just before the eye of the wind and Pete jumped just after. We managed pretty well I thought.

It does rip along and its no unlike an extra long long-board strangely. Pete says it handles the chop well in 20 knots. I don't doubt it. I think it would be mad fun to sail it over some big swell and get air.

Agree, nice location. Thanks again Justin, Great lunch and Coffee( nice touch). Got a 26.16knt 2 second peak. A record breaker. Get turn out again. Redcliffe next. Not far for Haggar and I.

Thanks again Gestalt, looks like your record safe on the formula mate hehe. Thanks also to the sponsors Caloundra Wind&Surf and Windsurfing Sales. ta Vando

Yes interesting spot but would go further up to be away from the row of coffee rocks lol. Steep drop hey. Thanks WW for another great meet up oppo. Hope the kiters are becoming a welcoming addition to the club. Yummy sausages as always

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Originally posted by nebbian
Got to have a ride with Pete on his tandem.
Looking at you from the side was pretty funny though, you were both holding your respective sails at very different angles... maybe it was to do with airflow or something.
How did you go at turning it around?

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Have a look at Sailquik's profile...he's a tandem eggspurt
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Profile/Details.aspx?member=sailquik

& you'll see on his tandem board photos, the masts are also at different angles.
Which makes me curious...about the interaction of fwd sail(a jib in skiff terms) & rear sail (mainsail)
In windsurfing, "the slot" is the space between the board & bottom edge of the sail....
whereas with skiffs & yachts, "the Slot" is the space between the overlapping jib or foresail, & the mainsail. It is the control & use of the slot, plus interaction of both airflows that generates extra lift.
An explanation of this was written...
In the 1950's, C.A.Marchaj wrote a definitive book "Sailing Theory & Practice" (published by Alard Coles, London).
It is a mathematical & vector analysis of all the forces involved in sailing. Very heavy going , but I was being a yachtie at the time & needed an explanation for some of the sail-trim calls.

With windsurfing, we get a lot more feel of pressures & forces to trim & respond, but have to stop to tune the rig.

So....like Mr. Nebbian, I'm curious as to why the 2 sails on a tandem board are not treated like a combinatiopn of sailboard & skiff, ie. the fwd sail should trim as if the rear mast was a mast on skiff & therefore increase air-flow & lift (sail pressure).

Whaddayareckon, Sailquik & any expert

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Originally posted by Gestalt
i hope you boat is ok. shame to see a great day end like that.

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What happened to the green bullet? Last I saw it was filled with smiles, and a bigger smile hanging off the towrope...

Boat is all good thanks. Hit a sandbank when we went for a cruise up the passage and snapped the hydraulics pipe for the power trim. Shouldnt be hard to replace (first task tomorrow morning) Thanks for all who tried to help. Good on ya RACQ