I need to buy a steamer. I'm getting a constant 15-20 knots plus westerly at Manly Harbour (sheltered by the hill) but its freakin FREEZING...
for those who went for a sail at Wello this arvo, I hope your testicles return some day......collllddddddd
great photo's haircut, very kind of you not to show the inevitable last photo of the vulcan sequence where I crash into the water like a numpty....
Any tips anyone?
well u make a great photo but you're not supposed to give away the truth
hand up close to the mast on the boom before launching, getting the nose to hit the water first, and sliding back leg around more horizontally rather than jumping the board vertically is the key as u really don't need much height (and then u gotta re-learn them for different chop, sail size and wind strength ) but keep going, coz u are so close to getting past the ankle busting stage and it gets much better from there on. Practice standing switch stance either on the water while sailing or hanging off the sail on the beach helps alot too so u can handle the endings.
not sure if u ever read this but it helped me heaps
www.guycribb.com/userfiles/documents/vulcan.pdf
freakin cold wasn't it