Hi all hoping for some advice , I have completed my learn to surf course at RQYS and have been sailing a old one design for a few months , in light winds 10 knots or less its going well but anything more and all the board wants to do is to turn upwind , I have tried to pull on down haul and outhaul as tight as possible but it still wants to turn upwind ? I have also bought the new LT but have not sailed it yet , is the tendency to turn upwind a vice of the old design and is the new LT better ?Any suggestions ? Also I am considering purchasing a new modern sail and rig for the LT would this be a better option than using the old sail rig I'm 83 kg any suggestions on the size sail ?
Thanks any advice would be appreciated .
Hi Dave,it has been many years since I regularly sailed WODs but the early ones with the fixed dagger board did have a tendency to round up when the wind picked up especially for lighter riders.I think it was a combination of the centreboard generating more lift, the mast base being in the centre of the board (and non adjustable), and the draft moving back in the old soft sail. Back in the day of fixed CBs they released a storm dagger board option that was shorter and more swept back to try and make the board a bit more controllable when it got windy.
These days I use a raceboard that has a sliding mast track, foot straps and rotating centreboard which provides more adjustment options and and also have more stable sails (so centre of effort is more locked in). As the breeze picks up my CB is raked back a little, and my mast track is forward when going upwind, when going down wind CB is retracted, and mastrack is in back position.
I have not sailed a Wally LT, but I notice it has rotating centreboard and mast track, the board is also wider (which will give more leverage against CB lift). As the breeze picks up try flattening the sail with more tension on the down haul and out haul, rake the CB a bit (about 25mm), and move mast base forward in the track.
Unfortunately the Wally LT does not have foot straps and fully adjustable mast track like a raceboard, but I think it should be more controllable than the old WODs.
Modern sails are definitely easier to handle and more efficient than the wally sail. I would like to try the Wally LT with my Ezzy Zephyr 7.5.
I notice that some of the Wally owners have been getting together to practice for the upcoming state and national championships, might be a good opportunity to join in and learn the dark arts of wally sailing 
There are a few of us who sail regularly on one designs and LT's around victoria point. I can post here next time we go.
we will be able to help. You don't need sliding tracks, modern sails etc.
Hey Dave, definitely take Gestalt up on his offer. I don't sail WOD or LT but sail a windSUP occasionally with our local WOD guys and it has a very similar sailing characteristic to the new LT. Some things to try are to move your weight forwards a bit so you aren't loading the back fin so much and also this will tilt the rig a little further forward, plus also think about putting more weight on your toes than your heels and tipping the board away from the wind so it sits level in the water and isn't turning on the rocker so much 
