You know the ones, you get to the other side of the channel, bay etc and you hit a big lull, right where you need to turn around. And of course a big lull/no wind zone is where you really don't want to fall in.
What is the technique? If you still have plenty of momentum the wind is now coming straight at you all the way through the turn. How do you flip the rig?
If you drop off the plane: Flare gybe, sail out clew first, flip when you're stable.
If you're still planing, then the entry is similar to a normal planing gybe, but you drop off the plane halfway through. Sail out clew first, flip when stable.
I think I know what panda's getting at. If you're planing around a gybe at 20 knots and the wind has dropped to 10 knots then you get completely backwinded at rig flip time. I hate that!
come out of the gybe clew first and don't flip the rig until you're back in the wind like others have said.
question is why gybe in the lulls.?
i always try to gybe in the gusts.
Funny, from the GPS, I still don't see why you need to gybe so close to dead wind?? What was the wind direction that day at the Airport strip ?
Just curious mate.
i know i'm gonna get binned for saying this but..... i reckon that guy has sailed for about 6 months in that vid,
that is not good technique
can we bin that vid nebs
p.s. panda should be doing a step gybe to deal with no wind.
wave guys might do a flare or scissor gybe.
i reckon that guy has sailed for about 6 months in that vid,
that is not good technique
How come..it looks like one of my better gybes in crap wind..
Last time I tried to gybe out in choppy water in a lull I found that because I was wobbly balance wise my footpressure was changing from side to side & Id start to turn & then straight & then turn..got stuck in a straight line..no fun, especially because there was still enough wind to make the sail a bit of a handful I was Ok when it blew or gybing in flat h2o in a lull.