10 COACHING WINDWISE TECHNIQUE
How to control
being over
powered
If you do find yourself
suddenly way over powered
up, with not enough time to
change sail for the last few
runs of the day, it’s time to
accentuate your ‘Sunken 7’
stance and check in on
those Windwise touch
points.
Windwise ‘Sunken 7’ touch points: accentuate!
Rear hand: Rear hand should be weightless and within ‘thumb’
touching distance of the rear line (see our harness line guide to
ensure the lines are doing the work not your rear arm).
Harness: Force the lower back deep into your harness, hips down
and outboard a lot!
Heels: With the front leg extended and rear leg flexed, dig the heels
and curl the toes up (especially on the front foot) to lock that board
flat.
Extra WiseWords to gain control when over
powered
Try lowering your boom, adding more down and outhaul and reduce
fin size. Try a narrower, higher rockered and softer railed board!
High v ‘Sunken 7’
Far left photo: too high
Here’s Gordon Craig,
potentially about to lose or
feeling out of control. Too
upright and toes too flat.
I’m in his ear, encouraging
a lower position.
Left photo: max control
Gordon’s now locking it
down, sinking that ‘7’ low,
curling the toes and no
longer ‘feeling over
powered’.
Heavy v light
Two sailors of different
stature can mean different
stances in the same wind.
The ‘little one’ is feeling
over-powered, hence a
‘Sunken 7’ and the
‘bigger’ less powered is a
straighter 7.
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