The gybe is the next step and somewhat more complicated as during this manoeuvre we will have the full area of the sail available to the wind and therefore a lot of pressure built up.
We start on the broad reach as before and incline the mast forward. As the board starts to bear away we move our front foot behind the back foot so that you are sailing in a switch stance.
As the board starts to turn towards the downwind course we must keep leaning the mast closer to the water so that the board keeps turning. Otherwise we might get "trapped" on a running course and just keep going downwind.
Once we have turned through the downwind course, sailing with clew first, we move our feet forward so that the new front foot is touching the mast-foot and the new back foot is a shoulder width behind.
Once our feet are in position we shift the sail. At this point it is important that as soon as we let go of the back hand, we must bring the mast up and forward so that the clew doesn't touch the water as this usually ends in us having to let go of the rig as we can't hold it.
Now all that is left is to lean the sail backwards so that we go back to the broad reach on the new side.
And here the video on tacking (I haven't gotten around to making the one on the gybe :P):
As with tacking, in my opinion, knowing how to gybe in windsurfing is unnecessary since our turn will be quite different as soon as we start planing/gliding (the planing gybe is very different to this basic gybe). However, to get to that level we need time on the water and until then we want to be able to turn around with style without getting wet. I will get around to writing a guide for the carve jybe in the future but this is all I have here for now. So here goes:
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We start on beam reach (1.). We put the back hand further back on the boom and start to lean the sail forward (towards the wind) (2.).
As the board starts to bear away, we move our front foot behind our back foot and place all our weight on it (3.).
We keep leaning the mast forward and down towards the water.
We pass through the downwind course and continue sailing clew first in the new direction.
At this point we move our feet forward so that the new front foot is next to the mast and the new back foot a shoulder width behind (4.).
As soon as the feet are in place we shift the sail remembering to bring the mast forward quickly as it shifts.
We bear up again so we get back to half reach again on the new side (5.).
Important throughout the whole manoeuvre is to really lean into the wind as we are going to have the while area of the sail available to the wind and therefore a lot of power in the sail.
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