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 Optimizing trim for high performance windsurfing is a process that has no limits! Improvements in one area will compliment trim improvements in other areas. Performance can always be expanded as you discover new, more efficient trim configurations. Maximizing trim is the cutting edge of windsurfing. Windsurfing is the most efficient purest sailing form... a never-ending source of new sensations... Experience it! |
Troubleshooting Guide Windsurfing is a wonderful feeling of balance. Should you feel unbalanced try one or more of the solutions listed below. One or a combination of them may bring balance for you!. As a quick rule, if you feel overpowered and want an easier ride try more downhaul, more outhaul, a lower boom and the mastfoot further forward. If you look for more power free the outhaul 2cm, free the downhaul 1 or 2cm, and raise the boom a few centimetres and move the mastfoot back.  The rig feels heavy, backhanded and lacks speed. Tension the downhaul and the outhaul to lengths identified on the sail, move the mastfoot forward, move the harness lines back & closer together, the boom up. The board has the tendency to turn into the wind. Try the mastfoot further forward, the harness lines further back,and the footstraps further forward. The board has the tendency to turn downwind. Try the mastfoot farther back, a higher boom, the harness lines further forward, a bigger fin, the footstraps farther back. The rig tries to catapult the sailor. Try more downhaul, the harness lines farther forward and farther apart, a smaller sail, more outhaul, a softer mast. Slow, stuck to the water feeling. Try the mastfoot farther back, the boom higher, more downhaul, the harness lines farther back and closer together, a bigger fin, the footstraps farther back, a bigger sail, a stiffer mast. Difficulty to get planing. Try the boom higher, mastfoot farther back, bigger fin, bigger sail, harness lines back, less outhaul, footstraps farther back, a stiffer mast. The board stands on the tail in strong winds (tailwalking). Try more downhaul, more outhaul, mastfoot farther forward, a smaller fin, the footstraps farther forward, a softer mast. The board spins out easily. Try more downhaul, more outhaul, footstraps further forward, a bigger fin, mastfoot further back, a softer mast. Difficulty closing the sail down onto the board. Try more downhaul, the mastfoot further forward, a smaller fin, a softer mast, the footstraps farther back, the harness lines farther back, a smaller sail. The board bounces in chop and when starting to gybe. Try the mastfoot farther forward, the boom lower, more downhaul, a smaller fin, the footstraps farther forward, a smaller sail. |
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