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How your arms in windsurfing are like the pedals of your car

Posted from windsurf « WordPress.... 115 days ago
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Your front and back arms leading to the boom are the equivalent to the clutch and the accelerator of a car. Naturally the angle of our body with respect to the sail has an impact on this statement but in general it is true. Back hand = accelerator This is a no brainer really. We pull the back hand to our body, the sail offers more surface to the wind, we get more power in the sail.   Front arm = clutch If you hold down the clutch of your car, what happens if you step on the accelerator? Nothing. You can tread on that gas pedal all you want, as long as the clutch is held down you will not mov... (original story)