I'm 175 cm tall and I sail with a seat harness in moderate winds on a Bic WindSup, with either an 8.0 HSM Superfreak or an oldish 6.2 N.P. Garda, which still does the job . .

I'm fairly new to using the harness and I usually I keep the boom upper chest-height or chin-height and the harness lines about 30-32 inches long ( 15-16" doubled up). I wonder: with these settings, I don't have the feeling I'm hanging down and out as I would have expected . The harness helps a bit when the winds pick up , but it doesn't make much of a difference

I tried to shorten the lines, but I find it uncomfortable to tiptoe too much in order to hook in. Besides, I believe that on a seat harness the lines must be 4 " longer than on a waist harness because the hook is way down.

I looked at a video posted by Seebreez on a previous thread on the same subject, now closed. Here the instructor has the boom almost at the top of the head. It seems excessive, but I'll try. I don't know when, though, because the season is practically over here .

In the meantime, any tips about how to get that " hang-down-and-out feeling with a seat harness?

Thanks

Francone