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Sail Rake #146325
06/20/08 06:26 AM
06/20/08 06:26 AM
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PeelSkid Offline OP
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Look at this video and notice the sail rake on the boats. More like a windsurfer - very much raked back. I know that on a windsurfer when at speed the sail is definiately raked very far back. In fact on a windsurfer we try to touch the clue to the board for speed. It is called closing the gap.

Be patient with the first part of the video and then look at when the race in under way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ldNh38rMM

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Re: Sail Rake [Re: PeelSkid] #146326
06/20/08 08:11 AM
06/20/08 08:11 AM
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the h-16 is a block to block set up. a bunch of rake and alot of sheet tension. I know guy's that get smaller blocks to make the gap smaller.


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Re: Sail Rake [Re: PeelSkid] #146327
06/20/08 09:44 AM
06/20/08 09:44 AM
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Look at this video and notice the sail rake on the boats. More like a windsurfer - very much raked back. I know that on a windsurfer when at speed the sail is definiately raked very far back. In fact on a windsurfer we try to touch the clue to the board for speed. It is called closing the gap.

Be patient with the first part of the video and then look at when the race in under way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ldNh38rMM


awesome vid by the way


~vinny~
Re: Sail Rake [Re: Vinny_M] #146328
06/20/08 10:29 AM
06/20/08 10:29 AM
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I live in Washington State, which is abbreviated WA.
I thought I missed an event until I figured out that WA in this case meant Western Australia!


Last edited by Don_Atchley; 06/20/08 10:29 AM.

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