Sailboards racing with dinghies.
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Topic: Sailboards racing with dinghies.
Posted By: G.R.F.
Subject: Sailboards racing with dinghies.
Date Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 9:55am
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There is a bit of a resurgence going on in the windsurfing world right
now with long racing boards, several manufacturers have recognised the error of their ways and produced various centreboarded racing boards along the lines of the traditional raceboards. Obviously this brings lower cost access to racing via the second hand market, and there is also ever increasing numbers of kids coming through the RYA's Team fifteen programme. If your club is anything like ours, they often want to join in with the dinghies on any planned race start purely for the fun of it, if not actually figuring within the results. Anyway the purpose of this post is to bounce the suggestion of this proposed PY for sailboards scheme around, to see if there are any takers. I obviously believe that sailing a free sail 'board' around gives a more direct insight into the vagueries of the wind, shifts etc and better all round sailors often result. Plus from a membership standpoint, our club would have foundered long ago were it not for a committed band of racing boardsailors that now race dinghies as well. Anyway, have a look and comment away, I'm going to try and persuade our race committee to adopt it for a tryout this season. To work it has to have a dual base according to above or below force 4, because the speed differences of sailboards are so dramatic, the other single handers listed are just the ones present at our club and for reference only.  ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
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Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 10:50am
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I'd go with a single PY & stick with it ... adjusting for wind strength is always a headache ... ------------- |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 26 Mar 09 at 11:33am
Why have this same thread in two places Grumps  ------------- |