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A Light Breeze. Did Get a Couple of Planing Runs

5/29/2017

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On a nice long reach across the lake, I passed by a couple of youngsters in kayaks just as I lost the wind.

2017-05-29 Light Breeze, Couple of Planing Runs from whvdb on Vimeo.

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First Lesson of the Season

5/24/2017

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Jane P. came up from Reading, PA for two afternoons of windsurfing instruction and tips on rigging the ancient gear she had bought cheap. We worked on tacking and pivot jibing, which she mastered quite quickly. The next item on the agenda would be beach starts but the breeze was too light to work on those. On Day 2 she sailed a bit on the new-to-her old Bic Melody, but she reverted to the "Baby Board" so as to spend less time falling into the water.
    The fee went to Clearwater Conservancy (I think).

First Lesson of the Season from whvdb on Vimeo.

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Speeding, Jibing on the Tabou in Lighter Air

5/19/2017

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I bought this super-wide, light Tabou board thinking it would plane in less wind than my old Bic Techno, so on this date I once again took both boards to the lake to compare them. The wind was much less than the day before; my 8.1 m^2 sail was perfect. I still don't know the answer to the question, but I spent most of the time on the Tabou because it was quite exhilarating when it got onto a plane.

Flat Water Speed on the Tabou with an 8.1 from whvdb on Vimeo.

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Windy Enough for a 6.2 Square Meter Sail

5/18/2017

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It was too windy for the 8.1 m^2 sail I usually use, and even too windy for my 7.0. So I rigged my old 6.2 and put it on my Bic Techno (now the smaller of my two go-to boards) and hoped it would be just right. It was!
It was a blustery day, and I wasn't very adept, but I did manage this quasi-planing jibe, and the gust of wind was long-lasting enough to plane again right afterwards.

Windy Enough for a 6.2 from whvdb on Vimeo.

My excuse for struggling with waterstarts is that it's hard to fly big sails overhead while floating in deep water, but this 6.2 is small enough that it wasn't too difficult.

Ugly but Successful Waterstart from whvdb on Vimeo.

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Comparing New Board to My Old Standby

5/15/2017

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It turned out to be another great day o' sailin'. The water's still cold enough that I ditched my shorty wetsuit in favor of a full wetsuit. When I finally got on the water, there was a long (20 minutes?) lull that had me ready to quit, but then for the next 1.5--2 hours there was a breeze punctuated by occasional short, plananble gusts.
     I took the opportunity to compare my old standby Bic Techno board to the new (to me) Tabou Rocket Wide I've just bought. I actually got some better rides on the Techno, but that may have been due to better gusts. I still need to get used to the Tabou, plus I need to try different footstrap positions.
     I was using a new, voice-activated remote control of the GoPro, which didn't work perfectly. These two short videos show about half of the total planing that occurred during the 2-hour session. I was never planing long enough to want to think about attempting to plane through a jibe (except once that the camera didn't catch).

Trying Out New Tabou from whvdb on Vimeo.

Good Old Bic from whvdb on Vimeo.

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Outer Banks

5/12/2017

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I went down to the North Carolina Outer Banks (Cape Hatteras) for a week with BABA. Over 40 windsurfing enthusiasts in 6 rented houses on Pamlico Sound.
Me planing into a jibe and ALMOST managing to plane out of it. (I still consider it a win if I manage to stay dry, i.e. not fall).

Dry Jibe on Pamlico Sound from whvdb on Vimeo.

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    This is Bill vdB, sharing little vignettes of windsurfing on Sayers Lake, in Howard PA. and sometimes elsewhere.

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