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Mo gusts mo glory: suggestion for absorbing gusts without sheeting out

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Created by Stumbleweed 3 hours ago, 4 Apr 2026
Stumbleweed
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3 hours ago , 4 Apr 2026 3:19PM
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Badass wingfoil racers look like they never change their sail angles. How do they absorb the power when a gust hits? Certainly part of it is being willing to go faster -something I'm loathe to do over 17 or so kts.

I know I 'need' to learn to be stable on foil at higher speeds. But I intuit that a component of this is having more stillness in the upper body causing less instability translated to the foil. I'm constantly adjusting the sail angles to account for wind strength. So what's the secret -just lean back and let the whole gust get translated into velocity?



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