Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA213402632; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:43:52 -0700 Return-Path: <rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA006922627; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:43:47 -0700 Received: from kim.wellsfargo.com (kim.wellsfargo.com [192.246.108.37]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id JAA09808 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:43:39 -0700 (PDT) From: rossb@WellsFargo.COM-DeleteThis Received: from unixm1.WellsFargo.COM (unixm1.wellsfargo.com [10.26.5.253]) by kim.wellsfargo.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA32444 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:32:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xcgi-aztem-01.wellsfargo.com (imc3.wellsfargo.com [10.27.114.253]) by unixm1.WellsFargo.COM (8.9.3/8.9.1a-19981215) with ESMTP id JAA18115 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:35:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by imc3.wellsfargo.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2516.0) id <3C1750YR>; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:35:30 -0700 Message-Id: <970292C22686D2118A410001FA7E02C6027AB743@xcem-casfo-09.wellsfargo.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: RE: Sailing out of control & sailing tired Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:35:21 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2516.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
My guess is that he needs to downhaul his sail more and move his mast back
in the track. The length of a fin doesn't tell you enough about its size to
know whether it's too big. (Yesterday I was on a 4.7, 32 cm spitfire, small
8'8" and the fin was smallish for going deep. This combo is good for me
from 20 to 24 mph at 135 lbs.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Booker Bense [mailto:bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 4:03 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Sailing out of control & sailing tired
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 lorinjohn@worldnet.att.net-DeleteThis wrote:
> I sail a Veloce 278 (9'2") (fin = 33cm... fairly straight) and quite often
I
> feel completely out of control. Typical places I sail are Sherman Island,
> Berkeley, Pt. Isabel, the 'Stick, and (recently) Crissy. The most
> comfortable I feel is at the 'Stick (I suspect since it is very flat.).
My
> issues are that the board appears to come nearly completely out of the
water
> and becomes squirrelly (i.e., rocking from weather to leeward).
Typically,
> this problem is most pronounced in bumpy conditions. I don't jump nor
carve
> yet (at least not on purpose). When I'm at my best, I'm sailing very fast
> in flat conditions (i.e., boring for the advanced sailor but gives me a
> rush... while I'm still an intermediate). If it helps, I'm 190-195 lbs.
- You don't say what size sail you are using. It sounds like your fin
is too big for the conditions. If you're using anything smaller than
a 5.5m sail or so, that's too much fin. You may have too much sail
as well.... One key to surviving chop is to bend your knees to suck
it up, kind of like mogul skiing. Getting another size fin is the
cheapest way to get the most out of your board.
- Booker C. Bense
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