I am beginner in use of this wonderful and confortable sail boat ... I taste a lot the temperature of water during bath buth continue to have a lot of pleasure with
Good sailing - interesting technique for gybing - seems u turn around & change hands before the boom comes across. I've not seen that done before. Looked good at 5:49 but did this mean u lost control at 3:25?
We call it "backward gybe". The advantage is: Immediately after the boom comes over you are in the new racing position with sheet and tiller in the right hands. The disadvantage is the instable moment before the gybe. You have to overcome the fear of the moving boom on your back, but this came normal after a while. At 3:30 I stumbled backwards, felt on the tiller and lost control.
I use the backward technic only for gybing on the reach (buoy 2), do the normal one on downwind!
I am beginner in use of this wonderful and confortable sail boat ... I taste a lot the temperature of water during bath buth continue to have a lot of pleasure with
Didier H from France
dimadoctor 8 months ago
Good sailing - interesting technique for gybing - seems u turn around & change hands before the boom comes across. I've not seen that done before. Looked good at 5:49 but did this mean u lost control at 3:25?
chrisarnell1 1 year ago
@chrisarnell1
We call it "backward gybe". The advantage is: Immediately after the boom comes over you are in the new racing position with sheet and tiller in the right hands. The disadvantage is the instable moment before the gybe. You have to overcome the fear of the moving boom on your back, but this came normal after a while. At 3:30 I stumbled backwards, felt on the tiller and lost control.
I use the backward technic only for gybing on the reach (buoy 2), do the normal one on downwind!
Erikmitch2 1 year ago
oof! that boom would knock you out! way to be confident.
BrothersFreedive 1 year ago
looks awsome! nice pictures. I have an older dinghy and love the idea of being brave enought to make her work like you have yours one day eh?
dave4754 2 years ago