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Windsurfing Racing Technique - Hardcover

Pudenz, Philip & Karl Messmer.

 
9780540074150: Windsurfing Racing Technique

Synopsis

Contents Introduction. Technique: (Tacking,Gybing, Starts, Close hauled Sailing, Rounding Marks, 720 Turns, Trapeze harness ). Courses, Starts and Flag Signals: (The Olympic Course. Kiel Week Triangular Course. Timing and Flag Signals. Scoring Systems.) Tactics: (Psychological Attitude. Dirty Wind and Blanketing. The Start. The First Beat. Reaching Legs. The Second Beat . The Downward Leg. The Final Beat and Finishing the Race.). Equipment. (Theory of Sailes. Aerodynamics. Pressure and Force. Forces on the Sail and Board, Sale Fullness, Mylar versus Dacron/Terylene. Mast and Sail as a Unit. Profile Shpe . Tuning Tips. ) Other Competition Classes (Fun Boards, Tandem Class, Speed Sailing, Ins and Outs and Slalom Racing. ) I.Y.R.U. Racing Rules. Board Construction Rules. ( Division One: Flat Boards. Division Two: Open Class. Division Three,: Tandems. )

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