Select to expand quotedecrepit said..Jetlag said..
They can point well enough to recover from a bearaway run in one tack. >>>
Well I've never seen that, my initial reaction is the fin is too big our you didn't go deep enough downwind.
Here's my NM PB tracks from Lilacs Albany. These are typical tracks for down wind and back upwind for me, and everybody else there seemed to be doing a similar thing. I didn't see anybody able to sail back to the start of the run in one tack
OK, I've realised all my sailing is done in weed these days, so this was a heavily raked fin, 16cm at 50degs and only a 43cm board. downwind run was flat and upwind runs a bit choppy. May have a bearing on the situation.
Next trip I'm heading onto the speed run to get back up wind. Flat and powered up. Just don't hit me Decrepit lol
Today, I was with my "Speed" board at Herkingen. The spot has a long dam straight into the lake, about 700 m long.This old board (F2 Sputnik 270, 80l and 52 cm width) sails upwind very well ! I had a 6.2 NP RS6 6.2 and a 30 cm slalomfin. In the gps plot, you can see the upwind tracks in red at the yachting club side. Had a wonderfull day, with some new pr's !
