Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA229269155; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:19:15 -0700 Return-Path: <alain@paris.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Received: from sgi.sgi.com (SGI.COM) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA084899154; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:19:14 -0700 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id JAA25479 for <@sgi.engr.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:15:21 -0700 Received: from paris.engr.sgi.com (paris.engr.sgi.com [198.29.108.113]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id JAA23377 for <@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:15:20 -0700 Received: (from alain@localhost) by paris.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id JAA04436 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:15:20 -0700 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:15:20 -0700 From: alain@paris.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis (Alain Dumesny) Message-Id: <199704101615.JAA04436@paris.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Holding onto the board Reply-To: alain@sgi.com-DeleteThis
> From: Rick Weiss <rickw@nabletech.com-DeleteThis>
>
> I often fall and have to swim to my board. Sometimes if I fall just
> right, the wind pushes the board downwind, and I have to swim fast
> to catch my board. Has anyone toyed with the idea of using a leash
> all the time--- like surfers do?
>
> --rickw
A leash on a surf board is definitely a must because there is no drag to
prevent the board form taking off (plus you have waves to deal with). A
windsurf on the other and might take off for a few feets but the sail will
fall in the water and cause enough drag to let you catch it. Also a leach
would probably get mangled in the footstraps, wich would not be fun. Come to
think of it, a leach would be nice sometimes when sailing in the waves. I have
seen many people at the coast loosing their gear crashing in the waves, only
to find it back to shore....
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