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Land Warrior exit
Vision: The rear shoulder has become the front shoulder – keep looking up and forward!
Opposition: Keep the rig raked back over the tail as the body leans forward. Say, do, accentuate‘ rig backbody forward’.
Warrior stance: Super wide foot spread, head high, hips low, looking and leaning over a heavily flexed knee.
Entry touch points check and say,“ Hand, head, foot and‘ feel’ them.” 1. Front hand touching or close to boom clamp. 2. Front foot feels the mast base on windward side. 3. Head-chin planted on front shoulder looking forward.
Counterintuitive moment and human nature
Throughout the tack it’ s human nature to look at and pull the rig forward or into the body. Resist, instead look forward and force, push the rig‘ across your body’ and‘ back’ towards the tail … Settle into Warrior quickly, wait … and then with the clew near the tail, push OUT with rear hand. It’ s this action that turns the board downwind and raises the rig.
WARRIOR TACK summary
If you’ ve read this and thought, just keep chin on rear shoulder, keep the rig back a lot and lean forward in Warrior to exit, the answer is yes! Simple things done well = results!
A
At this point you have a choice?
At this critical moment mid tack, when tacking often goes wrong, you have a choice A or B?
Classic tack dismount
A. You may learn and we’ ve taught many people to bring the rig forward and sink back low to turn down, but it so often ends up like this.
B
Warrior tack success
B. Think only of keeping the rig BACK and never bring it forward! Settle quickly into Warrior, look forward, wait … and then push out on your rear hand to elevate the mast and sheet in!
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