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Created by Tardy > 9 months ago, 18 Dec 2020
Tardy
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18 Dec 2020 5:31AM
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here's a different subject ..for a ocean sail ...to save a few tacks ..we walk to the furtherest point of our pier to jump off ..took a few times and ripped sails to figure out you got to get it clear ,as the pier acts like a magnet to a sail ..so getting it out as far as you can, seems to be a contest to us ....but get the wind behind you and the picture tells the rest ,not my best throw ,but nice landing ..




Tardy
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18 Dec 2020 5:33AM
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Tardy
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18 Dec 2020 5:35AM
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decrepit
WA, 12767 posts
18 Dec 2020 8:10AM
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Bet you can't do that in reverse when you come back in

LeeD
3939 posts
18 Dec 2020 8:48AM
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At Croaching Lion, Oahu, we jumped off the boat launch about 8' above the water. Held sail and board connected, inched to edge and low tossed during a gust, then jumped in to waterstart. Mostly just sailed across the mouth of the cove, just inside the whitewater of the outside sets.
Coming in, just sailed all the way downwind inside the cove.
Can't imagine trying to climb back up with gear.

Tardy
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18 Dec 2020 9:41AM
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decrepit said..
Bet you can't do that in reverse when you come back in





LOL...nah..... there is a ramp further down .but no wind down there ..so sometimes a swim is required ..in some directions ..

we tried that leeD, But found they just dropped to close .plus didn't want the extra stress places on the mast foot with a 7.0 sometimes 8,0 .also the fisherman drop skeletons in here ,so jumping out on the board is safer for the legs ......

we have a challenge ,first one to hit the rocks on the other side wins .

GasHazard
QLD, 385 posts
18 Dec 2020 1:09PM
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Caesar would throw the board in first and then throw the sail to land on the uni and lock itself on.

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8225 posts
18 Dec 2020 2:16PM
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Tardy said..

decrepit said..
Bet you can't do that in reverse when you come back in






LOL...nah..... there is a ramp further down .but no wind down there ..so sometimes a swim is required ..in some directions ..

we tried that leeD, But found they just dropped to close .plus didn't want the extra stress places on the mast foot with a 7.0 sometimes 8,0 .also the fisherman drop skeletons in here ,so jumping out on the board is safer for the legs ......

we have a challenge ,first one to hit the rocks on the other side wins .


Do you find it hard to put them together once in the water?

Grantmac
2317 posts
18 Dec 2020 11:27AM
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I was expecting a rotation technique like a hammer throw.

Tardy
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18 Dec 2020 11:32AM
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I sit on the board ,bend the neck over then attach ..but yeah when its rough it can be a mission ..but the chinook extensions have the button on the front ,so not too bad ..but it does take some strength to bend the necks over ...

top vid GAS..what a laugh ...and tinny ...



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