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Longboards!
Wouldn't it be great to have an ongoing thread where all things longboard could be bounced around?
New one's, Old one's, Wally's, Raceboards, D2's; equipment, technique - dreams and aspirations. I reckon longboards could justify their own forum, especially as so many people that are returning to the sport after a layoff have their sights set on a longboard of some description. But short of that, how about this thread?
I'm aiming at boards 3.5m or longer with daggerboards, as a non-dogmatic thing though. True longboards, we all know what they are.
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I've got a longboard question to kick it off:
Simple query - Is it possible to pump along and make forward progress in zero wind? And if so, what is the technique?
Where I launch from is very often at a kind of meeting of winds, as they blow in from adjacent valleys and directions. In most breezes I have little puffs from random directions all around the compass, even wind from straight above spreading out in all directions, these puffs are interspersed with long holes of ZERO wind.
I can pump along happily in the barest zephyr. I've yet to find something that works when the wind has truly departed.
[Can't imagine it makes too much difference, but for completeness I'm on a Lechner a390 with a Barracouta 8.4 racesail.]
Hello to all who like to longboards. I'm from Rio de Janeiro where, on some days, the Olympic Games will take place. I would like, through this video to introduce them to the Guanabara Bay. The video was made in an area close to the lap contest. Sailing on a wooden plank brand Greek, built in 1983 and restored by me.
Pauli your board looks great and looks to go great.
How about some pictures of you handy work/restoration job on it and it's measurements.
Cheers Dave
