Recent content by GBR141010

Man that looks so fun. look at the old wooden foils and tillers! Some of them try gybing facing backwards thats crazy

They make a fairly big difference. When I started in a fleet with a brand new sail, during the first two weeks of racing I won most of the races and beat the guys who had been in it for ages. But after a few more weeks and as the sail got less crackly, i slipped back. With a brand new sail I...

The Beat In hiking conditions with a bit of chop, sit just forward of central in the cockpit; with your back foot parallel with the centre screw for the grabrail. This helps because u can easily shift your weight and theres a good balance between transom drag and how far you can get your weight...

I also just started on 4.7s but find that taking up the slack on the kicker and putting a bit of dwnhaul on helps.I always pinch up a wave and then bear away slightly going down it to gain distance to windward and pointing ability.