It's been a life long sailing fantasy of mine to plane on glassy water. Today at Budgewoi it happened for me. It's probably nothing new for the Budgewoi crew but it was a first for me. Something I'll remember for quite a while.
Nothing quite like that sshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound instead of the DRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr let alone the rattatat.
be warned it gets very addictive. A fun thing to experiment with is the power slide, put a delt in a wide tailed board, and push hard into the gybe, using the lots of rail.
If you go too hard you'll just spin out, but get it right and the tail will just swing out in a controlled slide, brings out the latent hoon in you.
Select to expand quoteTristanF said..
What were you on ??
is that a 70's question ?? 
When sailing in the smooth, the bottom shape of the board works very efficiently and performs exactly as designed. Hence you plane much earlier and stay on the plane longer through lulls
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..
When sailing in the smooth, the bottom shape of the board works very efficiently and performs exactly as designed. Hence you plane much earlier and stay on the plane longer through lulls
I find i need swell to get planing in light conditions i normally wait for a wave more than a gust . They look like great conditions there , how deep is the water ?
Top video Cluffy. Love the commentary! 
Not sure where Cluffy was but I use a 17cms delta and grind a little in places but can go practically anywhere. You can us ea 30cms weedie if you stay out more in the chop or a 20cms delta as a compromise to hit the flats..
Bugger looks like I missed the best day in ages.. 
Cross fingers for today in the S 
My gear was a 7.0 metre and a 90 litre falcon with a 21cm delta. The Depth was about halfway between ankle and knee. Sue I'm hearing you about the 30cm weedie. Even when it gets "choppy" at budgie it's really not choppy at all but the bloody delta fin starts letting go in the little wavelets. It was starting to piss me off actually and the delta feels like a bloody sea anchor at the best of times. I have 28 and 30 cm weedies I think I'll try them next time, especially given the weed situation since the barge paid a visit.
My favourite memory of glass like conditions was with an AHD FF 160, 52 cm Select fin and a TR-4 10m² sail
I had to look around to make sure I was actually going fast
There were few sounds to indicate high planing speed
Wonder if that is what it is like hydro-foiling ??
Select to expand quoteanthony perkins said..
Sailing the glossy, Nice
Glossy wiz me boddys
Select to expand quoteCluffy said..
My gear was a 7.0 metre and a 90 litre falcon with a 21cm delta. The Depth was about halfway between ankle and knee. Sue I'm hearing you about the 30cm weedie. Even when it gets "choppy" at budgie it's really not choppy at all but the bloody delta fin starts letting go in the little wavelets. It was starting to piss me off actually and the delta feels like a bloody sea anchor at the best of times. I have 28 and 30 cm weedies I think I'll try them next time, especially given the weed situation since the barge paid a visit.
I've found you have to adjust your sailing position to cope..The locals seem to be able to push against them. I tend to be a bit lead footed 
. Having said that I actually enjoyed the 20cm delta yesterday 
If you use the weedies they should be ok in a NE just don't come in too far.In a S you prob won't be able to sail the glass without the delta unless you go right upwind of the pole but then the wind probably won't get in there..
Pretty sure they didn't use the weedmuncher in there - only SW of the area and canton 
Select to expand quotesboardcrazy said..Cluffy said..
My gear was a 7.0 metre and a 90 litre falcon with a 21cm delta. The Depth was about halfway between ankle and knee. Sue I'm hearing you about the 30cm weedie. Even when it gets "choppy" at budgie it's really not choppy at all but the bloody delta fin starts letting go in the little wavelets. It was starting to piss me off actually and the delta feels like a bloody sea anchor at the best of times. I have 28 and 30 cm weedies I think I'll try them next time, especially given the weed situation since the barge paid a visit.
I've found you have to adjust your sailing position to cope.
I used to have spin out problems with the deltas but rarely do now, even in reasonable chop. The only spin out happens when I am trying to point to high for the wind strength or if the fin is too small. I am not sure what I have changed, because my stance feels the same. It's just practice and getting a feel for the fin I guess.
I only spin out when I try to head upwind before I have enough speed. You have to bear away first, to develop speed and hence lift from the fin, before trying to point upwind.
That's awesome, I sat down at Marmong until 3:30 waiting for the NE to come in with my Formula gear and it didn't. I got hammered by the NW but was pretty flat in close. Now I know where to go next big NE.......
Definitely a few "LG glass sections" out there yesterday. Its a bizarre feeling, you keep thinking "this shouldn't be happening" but you just keep going.
Good footage.
Went down there today in the S. Only got one pretty powered short run in the glass and then didn't cop another gust and it died but that one run made it worth it.. Now if only we could get a consistent 20kts of wind in there..even better if more but unlikely this season.. 
Long ago in a galaxy far away,.. before kites were invented, it used to be a bit like that on the inside 'pool' at Safety Bay.
Aahhhh,,. those were the days,... apart from running into the occasional mooring line,. 
or boat,.. or sandbar,.. .
All good fun.
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said...
When sailing in the smooth, the bottom shape of the board works very efficiently and performs exactly as designed. Hence you plane much earlier and stay on the plane longer through lulls
Would like to try a board with deep mono/dual concaves there
I'm not sure if an International Moth would be able to foil in wind that light. Foils did wonders for the moth class. I wonder if foiling would make racing in light wind fun for windsurfing again?
Select to expand quotejoe windsurf said..
what kills me is the sail size - 5 m² ??
and the shark silhouette underneath
Yeah - 5m seems quite big!
WOW - now that is INCREDIBLE -and keeps twin fins in the back ??
3.7 !!! in 12-16 mph winds
for sure "others are using sails twice the size"
i might be on a JP SLW92 with a cambered 10 m² sail in those winds
Select to expand quotejoe windsurf said..
WOW - now that is INCREDIBLE -and keeps twin fins in the back ??
3.7 !!! in 12-16 mph winds
for sure "others are using sails twice the size"
i might be on a JP SLW92 with a cambered 10 m² sail in those winds
Assuming the wind speed is accurate, it doesn't show him getting it foiling, and he may have used a wave.
...and the amount of times I've heard people say windsurfing really flat water is boring. I'm guessing they've never.
