How to set up your harness lines in windsurfing. Get it right every time!

We are back (finally) with another video! This time we are looking at how to set up our harness lines in the best way possible.
I hope that this video will help riders of many levels with setting up their harness line in the best way possible and getting it right 100% of the time!
We will be going a bit more in depth and trying to get a better understanding of the whole process. This means no set amount of hands to measure the distance from the mast or other such rules! More like guidelines to be able to set up any sail, anywhere, anytime!
Sorry for the long video but I do get excited talking about this sort of things!
If you enjoy the video make sure to drop a like, comment with any questions you may have and if you don't already, subscribe to my channel!
See you on the water!

[@JordiRamot]

I've learned more correct windsurfing basics from you than anywhere else! Thanks for your channel!

[@juleslaki5224]

Respect you Greek Spartan, great advice on harness lines I always thought you only could do it on water your advice was simple and easy 👌👍 Jules

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Thank you for you kind words! I am glad it helps! Best of luck on the rest of your surfing :D

[@matthieubonnard2702]

Love it. Super clear and detailed

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

I hope it helps with the perfect setup! :)

[@mousikantis]

Αγαπητέ Κυριάκο Παιδευόμουν να πλάναρω σωστα γιατί είχα λάθος τα γάντζοςΣκοινα. Το βίντεο σου με έσωσε- έγινε χαμός σήμερα στην βασιλική!

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Χαιρομαι που μπορεσα να σας βοηθησω! Συνεχιστε ετσι δυνατα! :)

[@mateimc]

Man, I have to admir, I really miss Rodos, I learned how to windsurf there in 2017. Came back every year until Corona happened... Great video :)

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Corona has made things harder with travel but Rhodes has been a place where, during the summer at least, you can easily visit and have a good time with little effect from the pandemic! So make sure to visit again soon and escape a little! Still a guaranteed good time!

[@fabricelabor2383]

Thank you very much.

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Thank you and I hope it helped! :)

[@konstantinosmavros5489]

Μπράβο φιλάρα. Ευχαριστούμε

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Εγω ευχαριστω! :)

[@naturepro5643]

Great! !!!!!thanks

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Thank you for watching! Hope it helps! :)

[@wajfarut]

Hi Kyriakos, glad you re making videos again, what about laydown jibe and then carve 360 videos? I m asking since they are quite the foundation of carving and maybe people is struggling as me to learn them properly! Thanks

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Hi Andrea! Thanks for the recommendation! The 360 is in the plans for sure I just need to get the time and weather to make it! Stay posted :)

[@rollingrick7129]

επιτέλους έβγαλες βίντεο weeeee

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Οποτε προλαβαινω βγαζω! Τι να κανω.. :D

[@rollingrick7129]

οκ master αλλά να βάζεις προτεραιότητες :)

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

@@rollingrick7129 χαχαχαχαχαχα εγινε!

[@kimchitran4329]

Supper man

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Super Chi!!!

[@lukasz3tabis]

Hi. Nice movie . What about length? I got some problems to find my sweet spot of location and length of harness. Still discovering

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Hey! This always takes some time and practice, so no worries. Just keep trying. Length is really something different for everyone. It depends on what you like and your style of riding. But generally speaking you want to start at about the length of your forearm and then play around from there. I hope this helps! :)

[@magnusr6473]

Great video, thanks. How does trimming the sail effect the position of the lines? If I add or loosen off some outhall in a session this results in re-positioning the lines. Also changing boom height seems to effect the center position.

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

If your sail is rigged properly, small changes wont effect it much... but if you try to change the rigging substantially for going out in lighter winds for example then you will have to check again. Loosening the outhaul a lot will obviously change the centre of effort in the sail so your lines will have to change as well. Keep in mind that under tensioning your sail in either outhaul or downhaul could make it so that the sail generally feels bad and harness lines setting wont really help to perfection! I hope this makes sense and helps somehow! :)

[@jonmullet5739]

Does sailing direction affect harness position? If I want to sail faster upwind, will moving the lines back help?

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

If your lines are perfectly balanced and you follow the parameters that I mention in the video you shouldnt need to shift the location. And if you do shift slightly back then you will not be balanced on the straight sailing. What you say does make sense and would probably work but i myself have not tried it.

[@fonsvandenhove]

I'm always fiddling around with my harness lines. Every variation in setting on the same sail makes me move the lines. Still very often not perfect :/

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Yes, changing the rigging of the sail will effect your lines. but if its only by a little there shouldnt be a problem. Big changes in the rigging mean changes in the lines. But keep in mind that under tensioning your sail with the intention of catching more wind, many times just makes your sail feel heavy and uncomfortable so the lines wont save it there. I generally dont advise doing that to your rigging unless you really dont have another sail to go out on. Also, some sail brands make huge differences on rigging where other have a more stable shape no matter what you do to them... so depends on your sail as well! Hope you find that perfect balance soon! :)

[@umac01]

Great. I could never understand why sailors have the harness lines so close on the boom. N ow I can set them up as you have shown.

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Happy to have helped! It may take a few sessions to really get used to a new setup so dont give up too early. Enjoy! :)

[@ziokoki1981]

how tall are you?

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Hey sorry for the late reply! I am approximately 182.

[@philiplymberis8496]

when mexico is too nice to film yourself and you just put last years footage in the video

[@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind]

Or I dont have windsurf gear with me... we will never know! :D