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<KJ>
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« on: April 27, 2003, 02:26:00 PM » |
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Hello,
I'm a newbie who just bought a 2nd hand Mistral longboard recently and I'm now very confused over where i should place my mastfoot.
I have been told to place the mastfoot all the way forward in light winds and in most upwind sailing but doesn't this decrease my pointing upwind as the centre of effort of the sail has been shifted forward?
I do hope someone can enlighten me!
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sukhdev
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2003, 07:09:00 PM » |
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Hi KJ,
moving the mast track forward allows you to engage the entire rail of the board in addition to the daggerboard to go upwind. Heel the board to leeward slightly (ie tilt it in the direction the wind is going). You now have a long edge which "resists" side slip.
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<KJ>
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2003, 09:53:00 PM » |
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Thanx Sukhdev,
I have been told that in strong wind conditions, the board will automatically rail and i can put my feet in the beating straps to balance that... However, this has never happened to me... Most of the time I have to pressure my toes on the leeward edge in order to 'rail' the board... is this the right thing to do?
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sukhdev
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2003, 11:52:00 PM » |
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even in strong winds you need to keep the track forward, though depending on the particular longboard the exact spot forward may vary. The automatic railing only used to happen on very ancient boards like the Mistral Competition (about 20 yrs ago!) which had the mother of all daggerboards; most raceboard class hulls need to be consciously railed; again from my long ago memory of racing in Raceboard class, the degree of heeling needed differs with the particular board/sailor combo.
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P.J.
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2003, 05:54:00 PM » |
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Sukhdev
What's yr opinion of railing the FORMULA board to go higer upwind ?
Thanks !
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sukhdev
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2003, 10:49:00 AM » |
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PJ, railing helps upwind but its not the same as railing on a longboard. Part of it is that if you dont rail any shortboard slightly you are actually then sailing slightly heeled over to windward. Different formula boards need different technique and different parts of the leeward rail engaged. The 147 needs very slight rail, mostly on the very rear of the rail. The 186 seems to work with a fair bit of railing, same with BIC FW1.4.
Railing helps alot downwind too, keeping the board slightly on the leeward edge helps to cut through chop downwind better...or at least it works for me.
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thye
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2003, 07:27:00 PM » |
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Hi KJ, sounds like your sailing very upright. Are you using a Harness yet, if so seat on it that's the first thing to getting the board to rail.
Hi PJ, railing is to increase the lenghted water area so that the board have better holding. In addition increase the angle of which lift is better transfer into forward motion. As mention by Sukhdev depending on which board and Fin the angle and contact point is different. Need lots of water time to sort that out.
But as an exemple Long boards need a higher railing angle due to their long paralla rails, the rounder the rails are from nose to stern the less railing angle is needed.
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<KJ>
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2003, 08:45:00 PM » |
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Hi Thye and Sukhdev,
Thanx for the advice! I am not using a harness yet but i think i'm about to start since it seems that its the way to go!
Will get back to you guys whether i can rail with my harness! Thanx!
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