74 COACHING WINDWISE TECHNIQUE
SHIFTING AND SWITCHING IN GYBING
GYBE SET UP GYBE SET UP WARRIOR CARVING
Unhook & hold on! Back foot across! & hip shift & foot switch
G2a G3a
G1a
On a broad reach in controllable winds
or close reach in over powered winds,
set up 1,2,3…
Touch Point 1 = “Unhook, clew hand
down boom”
Touch Point 2 = “Back foot on
windward side, wait, then onto leeward
rail – TOES NEXT TO REAR STRAP"
Touch Point 3 = “Sheet in and blast
downwind.
Pic G1a. “Back foot out of strap,
momentarily on the windward side”
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WIND
SURFING
Touch Point 1 = “Clew hand down
boom”
Gradually lean over into an accentuated
Warrior stance will engage the rail.
Touch Point 2 = “Back foot slides over “Look” through the turn to where you
want to go.
to leeward rail – TOES NEXT TO REAR
STRAP"
“Lean” the whole body in Warrior –
Touch Point 3 = “Sheet in to bring sail head, hip over that flexed knee!
close enough to touch the rear leg!
“Lever” the rig progressively out of the
G2a. “Toes right on the rail, very close turn pulling in and down on the clew
to rear strap, DON’T BRING THE BODY hand.
RIGHT ACROSS YET”
Pic G3a. Accentuate that clew hand
Touch Point, by bringing the clew hand
in towards the head and DOWN as the
mast arm extends.