Tandem Windsurfing
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Topic: Tandem Windsurfing
Posted By: ifoxwell
Subject: Tandem Windsurfing
Date Posted: 14 Nov 12 at 9:41am
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Whats that all about? I've never seen a tandom windsurfer and yet it would appear they have a speed record? Have I missed some great underground sailing movement Ian ------------- RS300 |
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 14 Nov 12 at 9:59am
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I've never done it, but according to those that have it's an absolute hoot... Google starboard gemini ------------- |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 14 Nov 12 at 11:18am
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I've seen one "in the wild" once. Odd looking thing ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 14 Nov 12 at 11:27am
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The Tandem record is now 38 knots, and i bet that was scary.
Sailing Tandem on a windsurfer is just two guys one behind the other, two rigs, one board, there have been various derivatives, tandem long boards, tandem sinkers, and more recently tandem wide style. All great fun everyone that tries it loves it, yet it's never caught on, why? Storage problems, lifting it on and off the car, co-ordination issues, it's always the other guys fault you fall in. I've had some great times back in the day, raced round Hayling Island one time in a force 6, with my mate trying to call water at the first mark sending us into a catastrophic failure.. (It was a gybe). I took one across the channel back in 79, so probably still hold the record for sailing cross the channel on a tandem, since no-one else has ever since been stupid enough to try it. I remember wearing a crash helmet back then, something you probably need on a tandem. There was a post recently from the current Editor of Windsurf mag recounting the fact they were Tandem sailing at Weymouth speed week during the storm of 87, I'll see if I can find a link, it sounded like a hoot. So yes, if ever you get a chance give it a go, it's a bit uncomfortable because if the front guy sheets in hard enough to hook in then it bears away and the reverse is true if the back guy sheets in too hard, kind of like sailing a boat without a rudder which I guess most of you know all about. ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 14 Nov 12 at 12:12pm
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do you get "slot effects" like on main and jib set up, or are the masts too far apart (ketch/yawl/schooner style) for that to be significant? ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 8:42am
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I've done it once, on a borrowed ancient board that weighed a ton. It was a giggle but the logistics of moving the board around meant we never bothered again. |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 8:54am
You most definitely get slot effect, back in the eighties when there was an embryonic race circuit, getting the slot right made all the difference to windward speed, as did matching sail and rig size, you couldn't comfortably sail them competitively with both rigs the same size so you run with a big rig at the back and a small rig at the front. Then they have to be tacked and gybed independently , during the sequence both sailors end up on opposite tacks for a moment, hence the opportunity for catastrophy.  ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: Dougal
Date Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 9:07am
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Minorca sailing had one in the 80's - brilliant fun. Definitely worked better with a smaller sail on the front, and the slot effect was very obvious on the sheeting angle of the rear sail. Turning it round though was tricky...
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Posted By: L123456
Date Posted: 15 Nov 12 at 10:31am
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Check this out ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QJhVrsmZc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QJhVrsmZc
Gotta love this ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPEy6lNCI4&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPEy6lNCI4&feature=related
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