how to spoil a good alpha

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decrepit
decrepit
WA
12887 posts
WA, 12887 posts
25 Nov 2015 10:18pm
Complete a nice gybe, then hook back in before you're really ready for the power, get hit by a gust, get dragged down wind, then catapult over the front.




grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
WA
2331 posts
WA, 2331 posts
26 Nov 2015 10:33am
Funny, but I thought that was just standard procedure for gybing .... seems to be my modus operandi anyway
fangman
fangman
WA
1906 posts
WA, 1906 posts
26 Nov 2015 10:57am
23 knots and around the handlebars - poetry in motion Decrepit :-)
Surfinfreak
Surfinfreak
QLD
294 posts
QLD, 294 posts
26 Nov 2015 7:01pm
Know that feeling, but at a slower speed. Usually a wave in the recipe also assists in an explosive catapult!
decrepit
decrepit
WA
12887 posts
WA, 12887 posts
26 Nov 2015 8:22pm
Had a better one today, not as much wind so wasn't intimidated so went for too many Gs and spun the fin out, twisted my foot in the strap, but it's feeling ok now. Trouble is these days, I can't tell how much damage I've done, sometimes it doesn't feel too bad but by the time I get home, it's all seized up, others it just fades away and I'm right in a few hours. Fortunately this time it was the later.





firiebob
firiebob
WA
3182 posts
WA, 3182 posts
26 Nov 2015 9:18pm
Good to see it's A-OK young one
Windxtasy
Windxtasy
WA
4019 posts
WA, 4019 posts
27 Nov 2015 8:00am
I think I have discovered every way do destroy a good alpha, but it would take an age to list them.
I had one like yours a couple of weeks ago, when a gust hit me just as I was gathering in the sail. I hadn't been catapulted for ages. I tore some supporting structure on my index finger and it's still sore, especially after sailing.
hardpole
hardpole
WA
609 posts
WA, 609 posts
27 Nov 2015 12:43pm
I prefer the accidental hook in BEFORE rotating the sail, then realising as its going around. Not much to be done about that one! Normally seems to happen to me more on wave gear. probably to do with the stance being different I guess.
Adriano
Adriano
11206 posts
11206 posts
27 Nov 2015 4:54pm
Long dangly harness lines? Try slightly shorter and rigid. Flying Objects red fixed lines are awesome for preventing unwanted hookers.

Stiff ez eh cuz.
sailquik
sailquik
VIC
6173 posts
VIC, 6173 posts
28 Nov 2015 7:11pm
Adriano said..
Long dangly harness lines? Try slightly shorter and rigid. Flying Objects red fixed lines are awesome for preventing unwanted hookers.

Stiff ez eh cuz.


Long and dangly get it done for me!

wantmorewind
wantmorewind
VIC
115 posts
VIC, 115 posts
28 Nov 2015 7:44pm
sailquik said..

Adriano said..
Long dangly harness lines? Try slightly shorter and rigid. Flying Objects red fixed lines are awesome for preventing unwanted hookers.

Stiff ez eh cuz.



Long and dangly get it done for me!



Is that cos your old Daffy.......
John340
John340
QLD
3425 posts
QLD, 3425 posts
29 Nov 2015 11:05pm
Poor Byron found the worst way to spoil a good alpha - record it on GPS-logit
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23704 posts
WA, 23704 posts
29 Nov 2015 9:12pm
Its all in how u say it Decrep

"went speedsailing and nailed a half forward loop...."

any non-sailors will be impressed.....
Roo
Roo
882 posts
Roo Roo
882 posts
29 Nov 2015 11:01pm
Byron's track is perfectly valid and he did a 27.184 alpha. I just ran the track through GPSResults and adjusted the filters to make sure. It's got no spikes and is clean. I set the acceleration filter to 2.0 m/s, default is 5.0m/s, and compared trackpoint and doppler to check for anomalies. In trackpoint is gives 27.214 and doppler gives 27.184.

Roo
byronmc
byronmc
NSW
508 posts
NSW, 508 posts
1 Dec 2015 12:21am
Roo thanks mate Its not much more than my previous PB but nice to get over 27.
I am going to try and do alot beter than this I have never tried before on this board but it showed the potential.
My GT31 didnt go flat it died I found out later I only have one GT31 left so will order a canmore.
Now if only they can put my results back up as they are proven that would be nice.
AUS 808
AUS 808
WA
518 posts
WA, 518 posts
3 Dec 2015 9:38am
Adriano said..
Long dangly harness lines? Try slightly shorter and rigid. Flying Objects red fixed lines are awesome for preventing unwanted hookers.

Stiff ez eh cuz.


Just bend Zee knees, problem solvered

I can always tell when I'm getting tired, when I start hooking in accidently mid gybe
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