Ok flat water is great for speed, but how do you go fast in chop?

Look well ahead, line up a path of least resistance.

The closer you look to the nose of your board the harder it is.

Springy legs to absorb the bumps and not cavitate the fin

bigger fin to get the board out of the water, turn off the wind and hang on for one wild ride

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choco said...

bigger fin to get the board out of the water, turn off the wind and hang on for one wild ride

+1

Points taken what I'm I doing wrong here or what should I be doing. I know the GoPro smoothes out the bumps but you get the picture

looks like you need to get the nose of the board out of the water more.
just bouncing alot which is slowing ya down.
could be rigging or technique.
hard to tell from a vid though.

From the video i would say possibly you are not powering up your harness enough.

Too much tension on the hands and arms.You should have virtually none.

Practice sailing with your back-hand off the boom for a good kilometre.This will teach you to take a higher percentage of the sails power thru your harness.

The last 20 seconds looks like you had run out of gas, probably for the same reason.

@vando you are right sail didn't feel right that day
@ petermac33 the last 20 sec I had run out of steam it was about when the peel island was measuring 25 to 30kts and I was on a 6.7m.

What Elmo said, springy legs arent just for spring chickens

provided your feeling like you can lock down and lay back in the harness comfortably, otherwise you may have also been a little overpowered that day in the vid?

IMHO Sailing broad in chop i find longer harness line hepl you get some added distance from the boom. I see your using Dakine lines. I have found them to be very short. For Eg i had a set of adjustable Dakines line that were 26 -30 and found them way too short. I then changed to NP 22-28 and i rarely extend them to the longest setting due to them being too long. i reckon NP lines are longer than quoted and dakine one are shorted than quoted.

Try longer lines when sailing broad, it really enables you to keep the rig upright and extend your power triangle while feeling safe and comfy to push harder.

Well thats my 2cents