Ditto for my back, including having missed the last 2 seasons to surgery.
But I'm back on the water this year. Hooray!
I have an easy-uphaul and I do recommend it for those cases when you can't
waterstart.
But I agree with Craig that there is no substitute for waterstarting if
you
want to protect your back.
Cheers,
Cliff
Craig Goudie <ccgoudie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> My back has been marginal (or worse) for about 25 years.
> You should seriously consider accelerating you waterstart
> instruction. I don't know how well the easy uphaul works because
> I've never tried one. You might want to consider a crank
> (or some other mechanical contrivance) for downhauling your sail
> also.
> On May 1, 1:47?pm, bertbarndoor <bertbarnd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I am probably going to be uphauling exclusively and for a while. I
> > can't see water starts for a while. I was thinking of getting the
> > dakine ez-haul (something like that) that let's you lean with your
> > harness to begin the uphaul process. I guess if I went with the 7
> > that'd be a good idea??? I already have a marginal back, fyi...
> > Thanks for the info btw...
> >
> > -rob
> >
> > On Apr 29, 12:11 am, morefor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Not sure if the others considered this, but if you are a beginner
you
> > > are uphauling still? ?Learned to waterstart yet? ?Anything over
about
> > > 7 m is a bear for me to uphaul, and several top racers have ended
> > > their careers with back issues from uphauling 10 or 11 m sails
> > > (probably frantically in a race environment where they didn't feel
> > > it). ?The 6.5 may be a better bet from this point of view. ?If you
are
> > > learning to waterstart, though, you want all the power you can get
so
> > > if you sail in light wind the bigger sail would be better in the
long
> > > run. ?Its probably ?easiest to take a holiday somewhere warm and
windy
> > > and learn there!- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
|
