Hi all,
This is my first season windsurfing and I am completely hooked.
Love the sport and how challenging it is :P

I am at the stage where I really need to learn waterstarts as im getting sick of wasting my energy uphauling all the time in deep water.

The principles of waterstarting I understand, however it seems like my legs are too short too reach the board in deep water.

For example I begin the waterstart, face the board across the wind, holding the boom (the boom is set a shoulder height), then I reach for the board with my back leg and all I can manage is to just barely touch the rail with my big toe. It always seems like I need my leg needs to be 30cm longer to get a grip on the board.

Obviously its my technique, but im not sure what I am doing wrong. The actual waterstart part of it I feel I can do, but I just cant ever reach the back of the board with my feet to ever begin the waterstart.

I have been trying in decent winds (15-20) with a 5.7m Gaastra sail, 145L Fanatic Shark and lifejacket.

Any advice is much appreciated :P