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joe_windsurfer · 27th November 2011, 07:01 AM

roger

still feel early planing and fast sailing are two(2) different animals
and NOT talking about a longboard, but shortboards
Kevin Pritchard mentions more lift from bigger fins and outboard straps for early planing
this alone implies moving the track back
Bruce Peterson and others mention the board needs to stay "trim" side to side AND nose to tail - where nose to tail is the most difficult - this setup is for speed {without burying nose in chop obviously}
one suggestion is raising the boom...

when winds are strong enough, i do NOT worry about "early planing", but more about control and speed.
when winds are light, "early planing" becomes more of an issue/concern and then i simply put bigger sails, bigger fins and go more downwind when necessary.
the easiest fix for this was the Fanatic CAT :-) planes really early, but does ride flatter {obviously the longboard/raceboard solution}

NOT saying i disagree with anything you said here - just feel nose higher in bigger winds (over say 18 knots) is counter-productive ...

thx for understanding

27th November 2011, 07:01 AM	#17
joe_windsurfer Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Montréal (PQ) CANADA Posts: 196	roger still feel early planing and fast sailing are two(2) different animals and NOT talking about a longboard, but shortboards Kevin Pritchard mentions more lift from bigger fins and outboard straps for early planing this alone implies moving the track back Bruce Peterson and others mention the board needs to stay "trim" side to side AND nose to tail - where nose to tail is the most difficult - this setup is for speed {without burying nose in chop obviously} one suggestion is raising the boom... when winds are strong enough, i do NOT worry about "early planing", but more about control and speed. when winds are light, "early planing" becomes more of an issue/concern and then i simply put bigger sails, bigger fins and go more downwind when necessary. the easiest fix for this was the Fanatic CAT :-) planes really early, but does ride flatter {obviously the longboard/raceboard solution} NOT saying i disagree with anything you said here - just feel nose higher in bigger winds (over say 18 knots) is counter-productive ... thx for understanding __________________ joe windsurfer @ 100 kg 2006 AHD type-F FF 160/79cm, 2002 BIC Techno Formula + 2000 Fanatic BEE 124 LTD Gaastra Flow 3x 7.0, MS MS-2 8.0, TR4 10.0 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by joe_windsurfer; 27th November 2011 at 08:01 AM.