out the harnes.

bear off on to a broad reach.

pump equally with front and back,slight bend of ze knees, USE the whole body to pump - not just the arms.


try and get your weight off the board and over the water helps.

use a bit of swell to make life easier.

keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going,...nearly there, keep going, keep going YES ur on the plane...3 seconds later wind drops, u stall . start again

once ur on plane maintain speed thru lulls with small backhand pumps.


maybe just put front foot in strap, untill u feel u r going fast enough to put the rear foot in

elmo said...

My own corrupted, misguided kooky method primarily involves mainly bouncing the board by pumping more with my legs.

I found I had to do it this way with some of my short boards as just pumping the sail wasn't enough to get it going. Possibly helps break the board away from the water.

It's not just you Elmo.. I've found that that last little bit where you're oh-so-close to planing, and you know you should be, but just can't quite get there can often be overcome by kind of pushing and pulling the board from side to side while keeping it flat. I'm not sure if this energises the flow around the fin, or somehow helps the board to unstick, but it does seem heaps more effective than my crappy pumping technique.

It also seems to work well during the lulls, I can wring an extra few knots of board speed out of it when all hope of staying planing seems lost.

I think it upsets the board trim less to do this foot shimmy than to pump like I seem to!

Gee I hate being called broad.....board.....ah...whatever

The key, if you have enough breeze that is, once you get to the point that the board feels like it should be planning, sort of pump down with your feet, you sort of do a little jump off the water then hey presto you start to fully plane, what the little pump on the board does is pop you over the bow wake your pushing through the water, and pops you on top of it. i also sort of have the sail pulling me foward almost throwing me over the front, keeping my arms straight and my legs, arched back to weight up the harness, this works great, i usually use the same size sails as the guys 15kgs lighter than me, on a board for my weight and plain about the same time..

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surfinchick said...

Gee I hate being called broad.....board.....ah...whatever

he he ... can't see through the spray on my screen.