I spent the morning building two simulators. One for learning tacks and one to learn the Vulcan. Thanks to Jeff Breyer for the idea. The pivot is based on www.boardlady.com.
Now I'm off to try them.
Goog job. i've taught heaps of peeps with mine. Works great. I just strap the whole beginners board on mine. 1M wide.
Awesome Yuppy!! I made a golf ball simulator years ago to teach beginners but I never thought about using it myself! Time to go digging in the shed! Would it maybe also be okay for upwind 360s and heli tacks? I love your tie down straps.
How does the Vulcan simulator work? Any pics in action? 
Looking forward to an update on your loops since Maui too! Your vid was very inspiring 
I just bought booties and a hood. Actually works a treat. Went out last weekend and I don't think I even shivered.
Could you post some piccies of the contraptions in action?
I'm a bit imaginatively challenged.
A roaring success. Here is a video of me practicing tacks and sail flips in prep for duck jibes.
I hope this link works
Fantastic Yuppy! Thanks so much. Any chance of some Vulcan attempt footage? 
Do you plan to strap an actual board to the base for tack practice?
Finally a use for golf balls.
Ask the person taking the video to hold their phone sideways to get a wide screen picture.
Definitely going to strap a board to it for practice. Just easier to chuck this wooden board in the back of the mini. Also I made the wooden board just big enough to fit my foot in front of the mast. This is to force me to keep my foot next to the mast.
Thanks for posting Yuppy. I might make that for my next project. I suppose to emulate the wind, you use some fans ?
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Vulcan attempts start next weekend
"Which orthopaedic surgeon?" thread on Monday
This should have been a "Winters Coming" thread :D The best time for windskating, inventing and overthinking windsurfing equipment needs :/
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Jeff practicing the Vulcan
Not bad for 65.
This is actually pretty cool, it just occurred to me that you could practice a lot of the more advanced freestyle 'air' moves with this, and not get *too* badly hurt... unlike the Turfdog or landboard which can be dangerous.
No wind or swell weekend project!!
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I built one of these and attached some bunnings wheels to it.. A pair of directionals for the back and a single dolly for the front.. The trick was to have the mast track in front of the dolly wheel, so the whole setup would pivot nicely.. Two dollys would be better but it's more expensive that way..
This setup is better than a skateboard cause you use the sail to steer, and it replicates freestyle rotations where thr front slides and the fin bites.
Took it to a carpark in about 15 knots and by the time I'd shredded the wheels off and crapped my pants a few times I had worked out flakas, Punetas and Esliders.. Vulcans hurt..
Successful project but I'd never bother doing it again..
My inspiration was Al's Turfdog antics
Barn.... Respect!
At my level there is no way I'm practicing on concrete. Soft wet grass for me.
im in Paris right now. Vulcan practice next weekend.
great idea.
