Rig down!! HAHA

Na but seriously i never heard of that before. Might work but maby sounds a bit risky to me. I think that if you get so seriously overpowered that it becomes a problem you need to rig down, add more downhaul, or more outhaul or call it quits for the day. (NOTE: everyone has a different idea of way overpowered)

firiebob said...

I wouldn't try that JP but if you do let us know how you went

In an overpowered gust and with your GPS strapped to your arm, you're spos go off the wind screaming yee haaaa

Or FAAAAAAAAA AAAAARK

Stick your bum out and down and bear away off the breeze and hang on. The second you get defensive by standing up you loose MFP and then at really gets crazy

Overpowered yeah baby.You are right Bender.living on the limit

I've heard the oversheeting thing too.

The trouble is that it goes against all your windsurfing instincts, you're getting stood up by the sail, can't sheet in properly and you want me to sheet in further???

With a cammed sail, if you feather the sail the airflow doesn't flow over the windward side of the sail properly, and then the sail desperately wants to twist out of your hands. This was happening to me today, and it did cross my mind to try oversheeting but man there's no way I was game to muscle that back hand in all the way...

To do it I think you need more testicular fortitude than I've got

jp747 said...

i've been told by an instructor years ago that in his experience when it becomes way overpowered in gusts lean forward and swing rig backwards to bleed wind instead of opening the sail or feathering which would most likely cause a fall..would this be true to all

You sure it wasn't actually lean backwards and swing rig backwards, as in typical front leg straight, crouched down, hanging on for dear life type fashion?

What, you don't have a smaller sail?

You mean you went out without having 2 or 3 alternates rigged and ready?

Staffing problems?

What can I say...

yep gear problems when you go to a race with only 2 sails and one boardsince there are 5 of us in a van with all the gear the rack has to be made of titanium that if we could get our hands on it..plus when you've done 6heats on one day in crazy winds your calves are burning out and by the time you're trying to put your back foot on the straps the board's pointing upwind alreadyI should have joined when i was still a junior
decrepit said; The trouble with pulling hard with your back hand is causing spinout, how does this work???? i've seen the vid speed i.q. and micah keeps on saying if overpowered keep sheeted in even if the board is spinning out and try to correct with your front feet, well he's the pro am notbut i've found leaning forward does help maybe to me only though...

jp747 said...

i've been told by an instructor years ago that in his experience when it becomes way overpowered in gusts lean forward and swing rig backwards to bleed wind instead of opening the sail or feathering which would most likely cause a fall..would this be true to all

Yeh, done that.
Cranks you upwind further & further untill you get slammed on your back with your gear 2 metres in the air
Happened to me a couple of weeks ago, right in the middle of the stink boat "racing"

if you get realy overpowed lower your boom hook in sheet out and stand up against your mast foot the board will plough through if you want to go faster just stand further back , the futher back you stand the more you power up the fin , ive been able to get back to re rig and you can go down wind

get anemometer then so you dont

monster said...

get anemometer then so you dont

i wish i could monster it was in a middle of a race and no one can complain why the wind just suddenly picked up