S-curved?

[Krycek]

I was talking to several people in my club last week about my very poor speed downwind... partially because I'm one of "the Big Guys"... however, the amount of ground I was losing was much more than 20 lbs of extra weight.

Some of the guys suggested trying S-curves... Now... what exactly does that mean? How do I do it? why is it beneficial?

thanks

Jon

 

[knot_moving]

Try this thread: http://www.laserforum.org/downwind-speed-while-racing-t7913.html?t=7913&highlight=sailing+lee

There are 2 interviews in the back of Dick Tillman's book that describe it really well. One was by Luther Carpenter and I don't who did the other one, but it was either right before or after Luther's.

I've only been really successful making it happen one time but it sure was fun!!

 

[Chainsaw]

This article starts at the beginning and works into s-curving with video footage:

http://tinyurl.com/262ndd

There are also a few threads on here about it.

 

[Krycek]

Sooo... S-curving is basically an aggressive process to steering through the waves while running downwind?

P.S. that rooster site is amazing!!!