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  Topic: Comments on my planing techique?
NickB

Replies: 156
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PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:45 am   Subject: Comments on my planing techique?
Totally agree with the above regarding front strap leverage vs. catapult, the tug-o-war analogy is great: if I'm being pulled forward, I'd rather have my front foot against a curb than my back one. An ...
  Topic: Where We Sailed Today
NickB

Replies: 3285
Views: 3919912

PostForum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico   Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:57 am   Subject: Where We Sailed Today
Windward1-keep the colorful posts coming.

+1, most all sesh reports are valuable and appreciated, but Windward's have consistently been my favorite for a long time now, and I know light wind coast ...
  Topic: Trump
NickB

Replies: 13521
Views: 4899895

PostForum: Politics, Off-Topic, Opinions   Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:59 pm   Subject: Trump
Kanye > Trump
  Topic: Global cooling
NickB

Replies: 5727
Views: 2640637

PostForum: Politics, Off-Topic, Opinions   Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:47 pm   Subject: Global cooling
From our wind guy today: Hi Gang,

Take a look at the animation below of the 4 hurricanes currently transiting Hawaiian waters south of the North Pacific High.

Never in recorded history has there ...
  Topic: Exceeding the hull speed on older longboards
NickB

Replies: 99
Views: 140694

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:59 pm   Subject: Exceeding the hull speed on older longboards
since the term "longboard" seems a bit controversial, maybe for this discussion a better differentiator would be "sailboard" vs. "windsurf", i.e. hull design based on sai ...
  Topic: Exceeding the hull speed on older longboards
NickB

Replies: 99
Views: 140694

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:46 pm   Subject: Exceeding the hull speed on older longboards
I don't think the hull speed formula applies once you get a long board planing.

I've gotten my Starboard Phantom 320 (10'6) to 25+ mph GPS speed in 17mph wind (7m Ezzy Freeride sail).

And I've ...
  Topic: Where We Sailed Today
NickB

Replies: 3285
Views: 3919912

PostForum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico   Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:27 am   Subject: July 17th Alameda
very enjoyable sup sailing session after work friday in Alameda. pretty steady planing in the harbor bay ferry channel couple of miles out. SUP makes getting there and coming back a breeze, even with ...
  Topic: Where We Sailed Today
NickB

Replies: 3285
Views: 3919912

PostForum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico   Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:51 am   Subject: Alameda June 16
Alameda 4:30-6p, nicely powered outside, especially past Harbor Bay ferry channel by OAK where wind remained consistent and allowed 100% planing (150lb on 6.3 superfreak, bic windsup). sunny and warm, ...
  Topic: The play for 2016
NickB

Replies: 2439
Views: 982565

PostForum: Politics, Off-Topic, Opinions   Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:09 pm   Subject: The play for 2016
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  Topic: The play for 2016
NickB

Replies: 2439
Views: 982565

PostForum: Politics, Off-Topic, Opinions   Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:15 pm   Subject: The play for 2016
Boggsy, Once again, you refer to people with greater accomplishments than your own as clowns. Most people reading your comments will be forced to conclude that there is, indeed, a clown somewhere in t ...
 
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