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This is what we call having too much time to work on tricks.

:)

Actually this is the famous (in the U.S.) instructor Andy Brandt doing what he calls a Siamese.

Pretty neat...but can he do it on both tacks?

Hmmmmmmmm??

[}:)]

Really well done.

Will try, probably won't get it (crossing the eye of the wind in the gybe part looks an awful hard).

OK, just tried this arvo. 15 knots, on a (borrowed) Exocet.

Can't hold to the rig after passing the eye after gybing. Half the falls on leeward, half on windward. H2O about 15, me zip. *#$%$%$%

Was fun, there's always tomorrow...

thats funky!

Go Pierre, you can do it!!!

Me too - hopefully in about 15 years!!

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pierrec45 said...

Really well done.

Will try, probably won't get it (crossing the eye of the wind in the gybe part looks an awful hard).

He's been at the planing back to back sailing for a long time. One of his tips for certain moves (like this Siamese, I'm sure) is that it's a "gust to lull" move...you wait for a lull to initiate so your speed gives you maximum advantage re the apparent wind.

The back-to-back is the easy part. It's comfy on a beam reach and slightly up. It just yanks my arms out on the gybe. If I carve sharper with the feet to make it fast, then I lose control. Don't think the Exo I'm sailing for this fits the bill - slow on gybe.
Will mull it out...

Hey Michael, it's going better with a smaller sail, carved around and came back to back2back a couple of times - the other 50 times being wipeouts.

Me reckon the center of effort in the sail must be close to the mast, I feel it's much easier to pull the rig facing the wind. I was trying with a 7.5 before, wayyyy too much.

We have a freestyle event up here later this month, there may be a pro photographer, might go out and send you pics of my wipeouts for this particular move...

I've spent the summer working on a planing back-to-front gybe (it's stalls a bit towards the end but still works).

Great video you posted again...

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pierrec45 said...

Hey Michael, it's going better with a smaller sail, carved around and came back to back2back a couple of times - the other 50 times being wipeouts.

Me reckon the center of effort in the sail must be close to the mast, I feel it's much easier to pull the rig facing the wind. I was trying with a 7.5 before, wayyyy too much.

We have a freestyle event up here later this month, there may be a pro photographer, might go out and send you pics of my wipeouts for this particular move...

I've spent the summer working on a planing back-to-front gybe (it's stalls a bit towards the end but still works).

Great video you posted again...

Glad you liked it. I'm going to be with this sailor next weekend, and will try and get better footage of some of his signature moves.

You guys had an event last year, that was at same time as mine in Kingston.

You still have a freestyle clinic this September? A bit far for me, that's the problem, plus the Kingston thing has 2 PWA guys in it for spice.

very sexy its jimmy hendrix