Rider - Bob Hoekstra
Tips - Bob Hoekstra
Overview. is to change your feet so you are switch stance, carve the board into the wind and duck the sail, keep carving up wind and through the wind, catch the sail on the new tack and away you go. Not an easy move, I can do them on a long board in light wind but definatly not compitent enough to leave you with my tips on them so we will all have to be a little patient and wait for Bob to type a few up before we go practice.
Really not an easy move planing on a short board as it involves switch stance sailing while ducking the sail and keeping the board carving into the wind .
The hardest part is to throw ( to duck ) the sail in the exact right direction for it to stay neutral during the carve and not to smash into the water or to swing over the nose of your board. As this exact direction depends on the direction of the relative wind , which again is determined by your board speed and sailing direction, you understand the difficulty of the move.The Duck tack really is a move to fist practice in light winds on a big board and small sail to get a feeling for sailing switch stance , throwing the sail and keeping control.
- Bring your sailing hand further back on the boom (like with a duck jibe/ carving jibe) => more control and allowing an easier ducking of the sail
- Get switch stance by first move your back foot out of the strap and place it close to the mast foot . Like with a normal foot change in a jibe your front foot will automatically twist out of the strap as you rotate your body .=> stay low (knees bend) and control your sail
- With your back foot on the inside rail (knee bend!) start carving the board into the wind
- Tilt the sail into the wind with your sailing hand while bringing your mast hand to the back of the boom ( crossing it with the sailing hand just like in a normal duck jibe)
- Now pull the rig back towards the back of the board with your old mast hand ( really throwing the sail ) and reach for the new side of the boom . If you manage to keep carving and keeping the board speed your sail will stay neutral. Try to keep your head up as you are at this backwinded stage to stop you bending over and pushing the sail into the water
- As the board stops planing (you are in a position similar to the end of a 360 i.e. non planing and backwinding the sail) it’s now about getting through the wind by shortly pushing with the sailing hand use a small back winding of the sail to help the board turn the last bit into the wind. Sheet in and bear away back to where you came from
Tips - Bob
Duck Tack - Rider: Bob Hoekstra - added 16-01-2007
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New Mistral Pacifico Paddle Board 2 in 1 Concept
It seems the team at Mistral have been busy again developing this new two in one paddle board concept. From what I can see its an EVA deck board that you can put a sail on for some light wind fun, or use with no sail on both flat water and in waves as a stand up paddle board. COOOL!!
I could have done with one of these a few times sailing at Tide Mills in Seaford when the wind swings offshore and drops leaving some nice waves in the bay to play on. I reckon you could get a lot of use out of a board like this, plus I guess it has a fitness benefit as well. At least in terms of getting you on the water rather than eating pies and drinking coffee hehe
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Good luck with this new concept looks great and I would love to have one here for paddling around on when the wind drops
More news about this paddle board can be found on the Mistral website
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