Geoff

So now I’m PO’ed at you Doug.

I have noted that I can’t make new posts, and now when I try to text you I’ve got an old number or something, and I’m trying to get more activity on the site.

My recent attempts to make posts come back with a message “This thread is being moderated”.

Don’t know how to get a message through to you other than post a…[Read more]

Glad you got out with the GPS, Mark! Sounds like you got it to work. It’s really a powerful sail for its size.

GEM

Yeah, it felt off, too. These are more traditional sails, much more in the mainstream and like Ezzy and NP sails I used to ride, but I’ve gotten accustomed to Freaks and they’re just not for me anymore.

Sorry, thought I had posted the sizes with the pics. Think I did with the others, but not with this one

The sail shown above is a KS3 4.0.

The KSS (spiderlock, orange) is a 4.6.

The QU4D (red, blue and white) is a 5.2.

All 3 sails were purchased a year ago, and used 2x each since then. The 5.2 was in 9.5/10 condition by Hot Sails, the KS3 a…[Read more]

I have sailed several times in Geneva from the SP on a NW, mainly after fronts came through and a big wind shift brought the wind around. You would have to launch a bit S of the beach, but it’s shallow and do-able.

Winds from the NW tend to come in waves (lull with a rapid leading edge, strong push for a variable time, then dying down some).…[Read more]

Complete Skunk-Job today. I talked with my buddy Stu in Pittsburgh, and it was a skunk there, too.

Chatting with Art while were were doing a Waiting for Godot routine, he wanted to know the URL for the Clark Point buoy in Seneca. If you didn’t know, this buoy (which is not yet in place for the season) is about 2 miles upwind of the Geneva sailing…[Read more]

I have an F2 Lightning that might suit your needs. Many of us think the mid-90s was the peak of performance longboard designs, with the F2, the Mistral Equipe II, and Fanatic MegaCat being best of the best. The Lightning was thought by many to be best in light winds, the Mega Cat and Equipe slightly better all-around. But the Lightning is an…[Read more]

I’m just reporting what I learned from Brad Duffy. Knowing how to systematically adjust your boom height, mast base position, harness line center point, foot straps and fin so that you have them all balanced up and can sail relaxed and effortlessly is an extraordinarily important skill, and I haven’t seen anyone else teach it. In the Cort Larned…[Read more]

For a guy who likes blasting like you do, Scott, the tips of Brad Duffy are priceless. In my experience, you’ll go a lot faster with less effort and make many more gybes. Hope you find this thread helpful.

I’ll have to think about the best way to describe Andy Brandt’s sail chi. If you haven’t been taught this conceptual model of sailing, it’s…[Read more]

Well, deep on the inside, it’s not blowing as strong as it is out on the lake. But it’s flukey, because the wind lifts off the water as it gets close to shore, which makes the jibing tricky. I believe it was Brad who told me that kiters can use that, as a little bit of an updraft close in. The pluses of going inshore that far is that the waves are…[Read more]

Nice video. My jibe wasn’t the best, but not too bad and at least it wasn’t one of the falls! Can’t say that I’m sailing very well so far, but with a week in the OBX coming, maybe I can get dialed-in.

Found on the Hot Sails Maui website that, despite what’s printed on the sail (370 mast), it works better with a 400. I didn’t agree with the boom…[Read more]