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Jean-Marc · 6th April 2007, 03:59 AM

Agree with Roger, the nose is pretty small volume wise. The trick to avoid going submarine is to use 40% of your body weight on your front leg and 60% on your back leg when uphauling a large sail on iSonic/Hypersonic "no nose" hulls.

Cheers !

JM

6th April 2007, 03:59 AM	#9
Jean-Marc TEAM Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,241	RE: Uphauling a 10 m sail on shortboard (iSonic 133) Agree with Roger, the nose is pretty small volume wise. The trick to avoid going submarine is to use 40% of your body weight on your front leg and 60% on your back leg when uphauling a large sail on iSonic/Hypersonic "no nose" hulls. Cheers ! JM