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  Topic: Angry violent people at Candlestick
beaglebuddy

Replies: 33
Views: 64813

PostForum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico   Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:47 pm   Subject: Angry violent people at Candlestick
Meanwhile in Hawaii....
  Topic: Mast track position and sail size on longboards
beaglebuddy

Replies: 11
Views: 23897

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:36 pm   Subject: Mast track position and sail size on longboards
Well for me it was a matter of an inch or two. I couldn't get to the straps on the 11'8" Exocet windsup until I went from a two bolt base to a one bolt which moved it back 1 1/2", I made all ...
  Topic: Mast track position and sail size on longboards
beaglebuddy

Replies: 11
Views: 23897

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:37 am   Subject: Mast track position and sail size on longboards
There is a specific measurement from mast base to center of front foot straps that works for getting into the foot straps while planing, Zirtaeb has it described very well here. http://www.iwindsurf.c ...
  Topic: Board turning upwind on water start?
beaglebuddy

Replies: 19
Views: 32379

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:31 am   Subject: Board turning upwind on water start?
Here's the drill, go out in waist deep water and practice flying the sail then move the sail so the clew is pointing into the wind and flip the sail around so the mast end is now pointing into the win ...
  Topic: Windsurf foiling vs kite foiling
beaglebuddy

Replies: 24
Views: 57210

PostForum: Northwest USA & Canada   Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:59 am   Subject: Windsurf foiling vs kite foiling
Hasn't it been a kite foil that has won the bridge to bridge several years in a row now? I understand they can cut upwind at an angle nobody can match?
  Topic: Swell City Shipwreck
beaglebuddy

Replies: 7
Views: 21091

PostForum: Northwest USA & Canada   Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:55 am   Subject: Swell City Shipwreck
Interesting, you know in Hawaii if a sailboat runs aground on the reef before the light of a new day it will be stripped of literally everything, engine, copper wires, literally everything.
  Topic: A different kind of windsurfing injury
beaglebuddy

Replies: 6
Views: 14208

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:44 am   Subject: A different kind of windsurfing injury
You are gonna have to learn where they are by practice instead of fumbling around and feeling with your feet. The pros don't slide the feet and feel, they just stick em right in.
  Topic: Exocet windsup 11'8?
beaglebuddy

Replies: 44
Views: 57069

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:32 pm   Subject: Exocet windsup 11'8?
The way I see it the Kona being narrower will be more manageable in heavy chop and will glide better sub planing.
The 11'8" being wider will get on a plane sooner in lighter wind, it's also bett ...
  Topic: Exocet windsup 11'8?
beaglebuddy

Replies: 44
Views: 57069

PostForum: Windsurfing Discussion   Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:50 am   Subject: Exocet windsup 11'8?
The 11'8" is a handful but it will plane in the footstraps for sure and it's not bad sub planing as it glides very nicely but not as good as a Kona or other narrower longboard sub planing for sur ...
  Topic: Alameda death?
beaglebuddy

Replies: 16
Views: 37428

PostForum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico   Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 2:17 am   Subject: Alameda death?
What's particularly intimidating is how quickly it seems to go pear shaped and always it seems at the launch. Is it possible to launch these things not hooked in? So one could just let go of the bar?
 
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