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Arrgh
Joined: 05 May 1998 Posts: 864 Location: Rio
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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Well Len, waterstart or uphaul, you might as well invest the two bucks for a pool noodle and decide for yourself. |
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Sailboarder
Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 656
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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: |
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bred2shred wrote: | I would say with sails starting at 7.0 (or even smaller in some cases), uphauling is a totally legitimate and often easier technique than water starting. If you're on a floaty board and the sail drops into a difficult waterstart position, just jump up on the board and uphaul.
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For me this is only true when the wind is far from enough to plane. In these cases, I'm not even able to keep my 9.0 sail out of the water in lulls.
If there is enough wind to plane, waterstarting is always easier than uphauling for me, even with the 9.0 (I'm 220#). I'll uphaul only if the water is quite cold, or if I need to get going quickly and everything is prealigned. This takes more energy, but it can be faster than slowly rotating the rig in position. |
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