sboardcrazy (25098km):
77 days ago 1 categories 10-15kts NE level 0.21m Budgewoi Lake, NSW, AU
7.5m turbo M4 - RS4( 111ltres) - 24cms FF
A nice spring NE. I went out by myself for the 1st hr. Mike and Pete came out later.
I found the big sail heavy and exhausting gybing and had to have a lot of rests. Not really powered up enough for bearaways.
I'd like to improve my alphas. I can't line up consistent wind in and out. I got a few ok gybes ( not planing but moving exit) .
Good practise.
I have been whinging about my Turbo for a few years. The boom cam kept coming off , it looked weird and the sail was flat.
I assumed it was old and worn so just added downhaul ( it had got to 2 extra stops) plus spacers and tightened the batten.
I got Pete and Mike to look at it and they saw it had SDM cams on the RDM. .
Lesson to self - don't make assumptions..I was thinking the sail was past it's use by date so I didn't look any deeper.
A few years ago I changed all my sails from SDM to RDM. The Turbo must have been overlooked as it was my freeride sail.
I've just changed it to RDMs and I have a'new' sail!
It has a much deeper profile and I can now use the suggested downhaul.
I had it so overdownhauled it had buggerall power.
I can hardly wait to use it.
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