{"id":2882,"date":"2019-09-23T13:22:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T13:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:53:45","slug":"windsurfing-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=2882","title":{"rendered":"Windsurfing (Basics)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windsurfing is in between surfing and sailing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Close hauled: as much upwind as possible, ~45\u00b0 &#8211;> Slow<\/li>\n<li>Close reach: upwind &#8211;> Fast<\/li>\n<li>Beam reach: crosswind, ~90\u00b0 &#8211;> Fast<\/li>\n<li>Broad reach: downwind &#8211;> Fast<\/li>\n<li>Dead run: nearly or totally downwind, ~180\u00b0 &#8211;> Slow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gear<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Board: Board, Fin, Daggerboard<\/li>\n<li>Rig: Sail, Mast, Boom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Starts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uphauled start<\/li>\n<li>Beach start<\/li>\n<li>Water start<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speed<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faster: Sheet in (close the sail)<\/li>\n<li>Slower: Sheet out (open the sail)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t sheet in\/out too much. That area changes with the speed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steering<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Downwind (Leeward): Incline the sail forward<\/li>\n<li>Upwind (Windward): Incline the sail backwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Maneuvers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tack (Upwind turn): Bow goes through the wind, Variation: Heli tack<\/li>\n<li>Jibe (Downwind turn): Stern goes through the wind, Variation: Carve jibe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Style moves<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leeride<\/li>\n<li>Clew-First<\/li>\n<li>Fin-First<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Priority order<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inter\n<ul>\n<li>Ship > Windsurfer = Sailing boat > Motorboat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Intra\n<ul>\n<li>Same direction: Downwind > Upwind<\/li>\n<li>Opp. direction: Starboard tack > Port tack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsurfing is in between surfing and sailing. Courses Close hauled: as much upwind as possible, ~45\u00b0 &#8211;> Slow Close reach:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16684,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions\/16684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}