Just Say No To Sloppy Rigging!

[chanrider]

It didn’t look good at all yesterday afternoon at the Wack and was prolly getting lighter so I just sloppily rigged my biggest sail which is a pretty junky 10.0 and hurried out to see what could be had.

Well since it was NNW there was a huge wind shadow at the boat launch and once you suffered through that the wind was pretty decent for a huge sail. But my sloppy rigging caused some pretty awkward sailing so I had to go back in and try to add more downhaul. That meant futzing in the no go zone again and re-rigging in the water which is a pain. Even after adding more improvised hand pulled downhaul it wasn’t enough and was still sloppy. I should have cranked this sail down properly from the git go and it would have been a much better sesh. As it was the center of effort in the sail seemed unusually high and farther back so I had to make constant and uncomfortable adjustments for this. And I like comfort above all else!

Also, I think I will move the footstraps on my Techno2 148 liter to the most outboard position. This is prolly long overdue. I find myself sailing out of the footstraps toward the rail and behind them. Right where the outboard strap settings are. Hmm.

Tuesday night I rigged my 7.5M correctly and got some really nice locked in, precision, gap closed, speedy skimming in. Last night was a kookfest, comparatively.

Lesson learned: Rig right the first time. Tweaking and dealing with sloppy rigging sucks!

[Fred MPL]

Mark,

Totally agreed with the foot straps. You want those bad boys to be as close to the rails as possible. When you are getting your arse kicked in high winds, you need all of the leverage you can muster. Having your feet closer to the center of the board only opens yourself to getting launched.

Thanks for the advice yesterday on the boards. I am hooking up with Dean Rizer this afternoon and will be trying out his JP Excite. I think this board might be a great fit for me.

Next time I head out to the Wac, I'll make sure to give you a call.

Fred

[Chummers]

I am still suffering the consequenses of my sloppy rigging mid-session last Sunday. My 7.4 was perfect for the 1st part of the day, but then the wind came down significantly and I decided to take the 7.4 down and rig my 8.5. I was in such a hurry that I did not notice the boom was not fastened to the mast properly. There's a little piece that is supposed to wrap around the mast, but I had it pulled back the opposite way. This must have caused a lot of wierd tension on the boom because it eventually broke in two places (after an hour or two of rides, thank god). Now I am waiting for my new boom to arrive (not sure why I didn't just drive to the House!, oh yeah, because I had to order a larger boom too). Lesson learned: have patience and check to ensure you're rigged properly.