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E-book Title: The Flare Gybe
Author: Burr Hazen
Book Description: The Flare Jibe
Book eight of The Windsurfing Bible
Why do most advanced sailors jibe rather than tack? If you ask, they wish say that gybing is much fun, much dazzling, and gets much reaction from the windsurfer-watchers on shore than tacks do.
The flare jibe doesn't quite have the dazzle of a carven gybe, but it's still an indispensable maneuver, and you'll still get several "ooohs" and "aaahs" from the onshore crowd. Like the fast tack, it's a technique you always wish use, but it wish besides ease your way into the high-wind gybes of Part 3. And, in case you're wondering, anyone who's competent and brave enough to lean out over the water in moderate-wind sailing, can master the flare gybe-which means you can!
The flare jibe is a light- to moderate-wind turn. It's difficult in high-wind because of the overwhelming pull of the sail. Your sail can feel overwhelming even as in moderate-wind, which is the main problem you'll have learning this technique. So pay particular attention to manual just about wherever
to lean your center of balance to counterbalance the sail's pull.
Jibe with the centerboard down in light-wind and halfway down in moderate-wind, and sink the outside, windward rail. Once
the wind is strong enough that you're sailing with the centerboard up, jibe with it up too and sink the inside, leeward rail. (For a complete explanation of adjusting the centerboard and sinking the rails, see Book 2, Necessary Knowledge.) You will, however, discover this maneuver quicker
and much easily in light- to moderate-wind with the centerboard down.
The Flare Jibe
The six steps are sorted into three parts: the Setup, the Turn, and the Finish. During the Setup (step 1), you steer the board downwind to 4 o'clock by doing half an S-turn. In the Turn (steps 2 and 3), you shift the rig into the neutral position, come your hands back on the boom, lean the mast front-windward, and come your feet back as the board turns from 4 o'clock, through 6, to 7 o'clock. During the Stop (steps 4, 5, and 6), you come your feet forward and flip the sail.More... | 
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