The rail-sailing sounds very sensible, and probably safer than taking off your
harness and risking arm fatigue if conditions are nasty.

I recall trying to sail "fin first" in Hatteras during a couple of vacations
there. The idea was to clear the sandbars at low tide and not have to walk the
gear out to the wind line.

I found it really difficult to do, even in mellow conditions. Some of the
really good sailors made it look easy, but I could never find the "sweet spot"
to keep the board tracking fairly straight. Felt like I was paddling a round
kayak.

Is there a trick to it? I gave it up after a while and got used to wet-sanding
my fins when sailing at low tide.

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of Eric Pinczower
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:43 PM
To: NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com
Subject: no fin sailing technique


A real easy no fin sailing technique is to sink the windward rail
vigorously - while you won't plane - you will head upwind and you get
to keep your harness on. The rail acts as a long fin to provide
lateral resistance. ERIC



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