How does windsurfing work?

Understanding this will help us get the most out of our sails in terms of speed and early planing. I hope this has explained how your windsurfing sail works. For an fun video going through exactly this subject you can check out Surfertoday.com and their post “How does a Windsurfing Sail Work? read more

How the windsurf sail works The sail works like the wing of an aeroplane. Funny thing is that I have had students that had taken plane flying lessons have the workings of a wing explained as: “working the same as a sail”. read more

In Windsurfing, the wind hits the sail, like the sailor, the windsurfer still sheets in or out his sail to create more or less energy ( power/Speed) but in regard to steering, his Fin is a fixed position rudder, so the bottom of the sails mast is designed to articulate (bend forward , backward, left, right, etc) allowing the windsurfer to be steered. read more

Windsurfing sails use the power of the wind to generate forces, which push and/or pull your board forward. Let's dive into the wonderful world of wind science. read more

There are 2 main parts to a windsurfing setup - the board and the sail, so I'll deal with each in turn. The sail -. a windsurfing sail works broadly like an aeroplane wing. The horizontal battens that you can see running across the sail give it shape. read more