Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA18666; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 11:13:05 -0700 Return-Path: <mchapman@wcdf.viewlogic.com-DeleteThis> Received: from mailhost.viewlogic.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA29551; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 11:14:55 -0700 Received: from loki.wcdf.viewlogic.com by mailhost.viewlogic.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24050; Thu, 16 Jun 94 14:08:59 EDT Received: from aspen (ASPEN.WCDF.VIEWLOGIC.COM) by loki.wcdf.viewlogic.com (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA21702; Thu, 16 Jun 94 11:12:17 PDT Received: by aspen (4.1/SMI-4.0.3) id AA06002; Thu, 16 Jun 94 11:11:27 PDT Date: Thu, 16 Jun 94 11:11:27 PDT From: mchapman@wcdf.viewlogic.com-DeleteThis Message-Id: <9406161811.AA06002@aspen> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: lucky to be alive today
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> So, how do you guys and gals out there in windsurfing cyberspace tether your
> rig to the board?
>
It depends on your mast foot / mast track setup, but assuming you have
the common rubber hourglass type universal and star drive type slot,
the following might work without binding up.
Tie a line around the waist of the universal so that its loose enough
to rotate but tight enough that it won't slip over the end. Add a
small eyebolt into a second nut in the mast track and clip the line to
it. Put the eyebolt in front of mast and fairly close so you don't
step on it. And use a small eyebolt, so the mast doesn't hit it when
laying down.
As Will pointed out, keeping the board and mast together is only part
of the problem. I had a good swim last week when I launched and the
board ended up pointing downwind with the sail (camber facing down)
just laying on the surface of the water. The foot of the sail was
kicked up enough for the wind to get under it and the whole rig just
took off. Luckily I *wasn't* wearing a PFD and after about a minute
of the best full-wetsuit-crawl that I could muster I was able to catch
up with it.
Tethering body to board sounds like a good idea for 25 knots and up.
- Matt Chapman
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