[quote=erice]a lot will depend on your boat and wind strength
a low volume bowed boat like the hobie16 has much more chance of pitchpoling in a gybe than a high volume boat like a nacra
big winds more chance also
and a lot of weight too far forward on the tramp
worst situation, a hobie16 in 25knot winds with 3 people on and 2 of them sitting forward = pitchpole in a gybe
start in lighter winds and work your way up getting a feel for different wind strengths
keep your speed up in the gybes and try differing amounts of traveller
on my nacra 5.2 bringing the traveller during big wind gybes seems to stop any chance of a violent boom swing, but it must be done fast so boat speed is kept up and i'm always as far back as i can safely get<!-- editby --><em>edited by: erice, May 14, 2009 - 05:32 PM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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