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Asymmetric tip I learned a long time ago.
SvarSlettDo not rotate the boat till your crew has the clew pulled across the bow. It takes about a boat length for your crew to pull the kite across the head stay - so I call for them to go ie start trimming and I start driving lower down the course. When the clew hits the forestay or crosses it then I rotate the boat.
This greatly reduces the kite wrapping the forestay and when you get the timing right the kite will snap open as you come out of the gybe. Very counter to Symmetric kites where you drive through the gybe and the driver tends to set the pace. With the Asymmetric being like a huge genoa it takes some time for the crew to pull it around and if the boat rotates too soon the Asymmetric will wrap the forestay and result in a very slow set on the new tack.
I have planed through a gybe only once when we nailed the timing on the gybe so perfect the boat never slowed it was an amazing feeling. We spent three more days in the regatta trying to pull it off again - never did ha ha.
As the wind comes up it becomes even more important to give your crew that little bit of time to pull the kite clew across before the boat rotates. Given more wind and a good wrap can make getting the kite around nearly impossible in some cases.