Dealing with swell
I am getting pretty consistent with my gybes when its flat. However, if you introduce significant swell (trough to crest height of ~1m and maybe 2-3 metres between crests) the foil tends to breach in the trough, mid way through the gybe.
Same thing happens when I try to ride the swell. When bearing off to "catch" the swell, the board speed is greater than the swell and the foil often breaches in the trough. The only solution I have found for this problem is to "over turn" off the wind to near dead downwind to kill board speed then turn back to ride the swell.
How are others dealing with gybing/riding swell?
Riding wizard 105, infinity 76 on 35 inch mast.
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