Anyone had this happen?
Planing fast into the gybe and pre flip the sail feels a bit backwinded so I'm actively pushing the sail away pre flip.
I'm usually using bigger sails. 7.5m - 7.2m or 6.5m.
The last time I noticed was in about 18-20kts with a 6.5m Turbo on a 90ltre slalom in small chop ( 4 ").
I find that happens when I am sailing deep down wind then go into a gybe.
backwinding like that usually happens when you are going faster than the wind. Happens when you gybe into a lull, or perhaps you are just really efficient in those conditions.
In the conditions you describe, you can go 30 knots when entering the jibe, so you'll have a 10-12 knot head wind coming at you when you're straight downwind. If your sail is a bit open, you'll get backwinded - the more open it is, the earlier that happens. IN 18 knots of wind, it should be enough to fully sheet in (more like oversheet, actually), and draw the turn out a bit, so your speed drops to the wind speed or below when downwind. In less wind on very flat water, that may not be enough, and you also need to change the way you flip the sail. It's more like a push-pull rotation like in a heli tack than pushing the clew around (or letting strong winds flip it around for you). That's much easier to do on non-cambered sail than on cambered slalom sails.
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In the conditions you describe, you can go 30 knots when entering the jibe, so you'll have a 10-12 knot head wind coming at you when you're straight downwind. If your sail is a bit open, you'll get backwinded - the more open it is, the earlier that happens. IN 18 knots of wind, it should be enough to fully sheet in (more like oversheet, actually), and draw the turn out a bit, so your speed drops to the wind speed or below when downwind. In less wind on very flat water, that may not be enough, and you also need to change the way you flip the sail. It's more like a push-pull rotation like in a heli tack than pushing the clew around (or letting strong winds flip it around for you). That's much easier to do on non-cambered sail than on cambered slalom sails.
I don't find it an issue . I just push it away but I didn't know if I was doing something wrong or it was just going faster than the wind.
