New Malibu. This weekend, I had some problems with spinout. In the past,
I could blame spinout on waves, etc. (amazing what a little air under the
board can do) After reading the discussion on spinout in this newsgroup,
I think the problem this time was getting enough weight on the stern of
the board. (Not much chop) The fin is the stock Mistral shipped with
the board.
I am wondering if I should move the footstraps farther back on the board.
Or maybe I should adjust the position of the fin?
When I first bought the board, it had all those neat holes for footstraps and
I justed picked some that looked "cool". My method so far has been
"pick a setting, learn with that setting." Now maybe I should tune the
board to my sailing.
I am 6'2" and 150 lbs (pretty light). I was going a little faster
than someone downwind of me and I was trying to point into the wind a bit
to avoid him. I went swimming before I had a chance to recover from
the spinout.
Thanks for your help.
-mark
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