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hinch

NSW

45 posts

hinch

NSW, 45 posts

16 Jun 2010 8:13am

Is there a easy way to pull the 11m and 12m sails out of the water, when uphauling. Saw somewhere where you can use your harness is this easier ?

JayBee

NSW

714 posts

JayBee

NSW, 714 posts

16 Jun 2010 8:26am

Hunch,

Get, or make, an easyuphaul. You can google it and see how it works.
Basically it is a loop attached to your uphaul that you can put in your harness hook so that when you lean back your weight helps lift the sail from the water.

Absolutely invaluable IMHO,

JB

nick0

NSW

510 posts

nick0

NSW, 510 posts

16 Jun 2010 6:04pm

man up i weigh 65kg and i pulled a 11m sail out after it was laying in the water for minutes

Brett Morris

NSW

1204 posts

Brett Morris

NSW, 1204 posts

16 Jun 2010 7:06pm

Swim/paddle the sail perpendicular to the wind, then lift the mast up until the wind blows the sail up.... Good thing about a Formula board is that you don't have to get wet as it can all be done while still on the board....Too easy.

Leman

VIC

672 posts

Leman

VIC, 672 posts

16 Jun 2010 7:24pm

You can weight the windward side of the board to lever the mast out of the water. Could damage the board though.

mathew

QLD

2167 posts

mathew

QLD, 2167 posts

16 Jun 2010 7:35pm

Leman said...

You can weight the windward side of the board to lever the mast out of the water. Could damage the board though.

Dont do this... The skin on Formula boards, are very thin (aka light-weight) - if your uphaul rope has any knots in it, as most of them do, you stand a high risk of puncturing the board (taken from personal experience).

nick0

NSW

510 posts

nick0

NSW, 510 posts

16 Jun 2010 8:44pm

the way i was shown was if your sail was point into the wind .. standing with one foot just behind the mast base and the other foot imbetween the front straps lean back and try to pull the sail up the tail of the board will sink a bit but eh .. if ya can hold that for 30secs or so the wind will spin ya around and then uphaul like normal?

windsufering

VIC

1124 posts

windsufering

VIC, 1124 posts

17 Jun 2010 7:04pm

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