shear tip said...Sometimes the last bit of the run is purely on apparent wind and trying to gybe at the end results in a serious backwind. Tacking is not much of an option next to a speed bank, and I cant tack anyway!
^ This. (although I can tack again lately, yay).
For example: shifty wind at The Grand where there is a big wind shadow from the wall of 20-storey buildings along the shoreline. A wind shift and all-of-a-sudden you have nothing but apparent wind.
It seems easy enough to now carve through the turn but when it comes time to flip the rig if you are still moving you only get backwinded.
Are we just saying I need to come to a stop before flipping, while perhaps trying to keep some momentum by staying clew first?
jump off, turn board around, uphaul
This is usually what happens.
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I was Ok when it blew or gybing in flat h2o in a lull.
