My German cousin was up with his sons and they were looking forward to some windsurfing lessons. The evening we arrived I headed out and got some quick foiling in which seemed to inspire them even more to get out on the water the next day.
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| German visitors! |
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| Post foil sunset visit to the point |
The next afternoon we got on the simulator and I gave my normal beginner lesson while their dad was out on the Fanatic Viper 80.
Konstantin headed out first on the 3.5 trainer sail and I put him on the newly redecked BIC Veloce 328. It is still a great board for beginners as its parallel rails translate the smallest amount of sail pressure into rewarding forward motion. He headed out, tacked a few times and got back without even falling in. Between motorcycle balance and helpful glider pilot understanding of "Strömungsabriss" aka "stalling due too high an angle of attack" he did really well.
His brother Sebastian did almost as well, only falling in once, tacking nicely, but needing a tow upwind toward the end as the gusty north wind started dying.
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| Post session snacks! |
Afterwards, I finally put my "sail Chi" land simulator together. Just a piece of plywood with an old carpet on it, it makes practising duck tacks, boom boxing and other
ABK light wind skills easy.
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| Sail Chi mast foot. |
Here is the data from my quick foil the evening before..
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| Heart rate and speed increase after I pump the sail 12x! |
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| Two nice long runs once I got upwind |
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