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lots of good stuff here
the one that surprises me is => going into footstraps in light wind ??
90 kg on a 100 liter = WOW
hmm - at 105 kg i guess I can try that on my JP SPW92 ?
or better on a narrower board like Fantic SHark 145 of 75 cm width ??
inboard strap settings of course
Hello to you all !!
Vacations finished. Now I am back to Japan.
However, I had really good windsurfing time back to Greece using all the tips you had suggested me and finally get the results I wanted.
I succeed to start planning using first the foot straps and secondly engage in the harness since I feel more safe.
The only problem that I faced was that when I was planning I couldn't keep planning somehow in an upwind direction, and this makes me to loose my starting position and being offshore.
Some guys told me that I should use a bigger sail in order to avoid that situation (side drifting).
I will continue practice since many skills remain to be improved. Now I want to focus on carve jibe.
About Paros, it should be more crowded since it is a famous windsurf spot but I think I went out of season!
"The only problem that I faced was that when I was planning I couldn't keep planning somehow in an upwind direction, and this makes me to loose my starting position and being offshore."
The desire to maintain an upwind course is only defined by what the wind strength will allow you to do.
When the wind backs off, you have to change course to more of a down wind direction to maintain the same planning speed, once the wind picks back up, you can then return to your desired upwind direction. Only in a steady wind, can you maintain a steady course.
So in essence, you weren't doing anything wrong, other than not understanding what was going on, it was more the wind's fault, so you must alter your course, depending on wind strength.
Forgive me if I am wrong but is the problem that when you start to plane, you are having trouble keeping it planing and you are turning upwind? If this is the case, you are probably tipping the board over a bit on it's edge and so carving upwind as soon as the board starts to plane. You have to keep the board on an even keel by weighting the back foot which is positioned in the centre of the board. As you gain confidence, because all the weight is on the back foot, you can move the front foot into the strap because it will not upset the trim of the board. The back foot can be moved outboard toward the back strap only when you can put all your weight in the harness and so transfer that weight to the mastfoot.
It takes some practice staying upwind on the first runs. It's normal.
The more speed you have the more drive from the fin and therefore the more upwind you can point.
When just planing, we all tend to drift downwind.
Use gusts to point upwind, and lulls to relax steer downwind maybe a bit.
Also, most times we head downwind out and upwind back, it happens naturally as we have better visual cues on the return.
