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What would plane earlier?

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Created by ikw777 > 9 months ago, 1 Jun 2010
flipper4444
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3 Jun 2010 5:41PM
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flipper4444
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3 Jun 2010 10:46PM
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sailquik
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4 Jun 2010 12:42AM
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sboardcrazy said...


How do you gybe a tandem? I assume there is more room available between both sailors than it looks? I saw a tandem displacement board go past last summer and was dying to see it turn but it went past the point out of view..


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Haggar
QLD, 1670 posts
4 Jun 2010 9:12AM
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Ian, I reckon a largish slalom board with a 8.4 m cammed sail and you can plane in around 8 knots. If you looked at the gear at Burrum this year, this is the gear that had everyone planning in around 10 knots for three days. Probably the most fun you can have on windsurfing kits in these conditions IMOH. For me thats an iSonic 122, but theres lost of different brands that will do the same job.

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8355 posts
4 Jun 2010 9:33AM
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sailquik said...

sboardcrazy said...


How do you gybe a tandem? I assume there is more room available between both sailors than it looks? I saw a tandem displacement board go past last summer and was dying to see it turn but it went past the point out of view..


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Looks tricky..how does it go if your really powered up/overpowered..? I think Id rather be the guy at the back..it looks safer!

sailquik
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4 Jun 2010 10:11AM
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sboardcrazy said...


Looks tricky..how does it go if your really powered up/overpowered..? I think Id rather be the guy at the back..it looks safer!


It goes faster! oh, and it is advisable to wear your helmet.

We have never got very far with gybing the speed tandem in my avatar though. No room at all............

Spotty
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4 Jun 2010 12:51PM
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Wide tails in general plane earlier, the Gemini does well in light winds. I was stoked at how much fun a tandem is, gybing them is fun too once you get it sorted. I took these pics Aus' Day and we had an 8.3 on the back and 7.4 on the front, got it upto 23 knots that day. Heres one way to gybe em, if you smack your mate on the front you have to shout him a beer








sboardcrazy
NSW, 8355 posts
5 Jun 2010 12:10PM
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Cripes as if normal gybing isnt hard enough!



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