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Topic: Light wind foiling: monster sail or bigger foil |
gorky
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Views: 7638
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Forum: Northwest USA & Canada Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:40 pm Subject: Light wind foiling: monster sail or bigger foil |
AA used 9.4 sail in the PWA races and is leading foil and slalom as well. In a Miami race this year, AA used 7.8 in winds gusting over 25, I was overpowered on 5.6. Being from Florida, my most used ... |
Topic: Light wind foiling: monster sail or bigger foil |
gorky
Replies: 14
Views: 7638
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Forum: Northwest USA & Canada Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:31 pm Subject: Light wind foiling: monster sail or bigger foil |
AA used 9.4 sail in the PWA races and is leading foil and slalom as well. In a Miami race this year, AA used 7.8 in winds gusting over 25, I was overpowered on 5.6. Being from Florida, my most used ... |
Topic: Light Wind Board Question |
gorky
Replies: 17
Views: 6121
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:03 am Subject: Light Wind Board Question |
Foiling is easiest on larger boards, I prefer formula size, others are comfortable ion anything wider than 70 cm. Foiling is more technical in large chop and waves, but the largest groups of foilers ... |
Topic: Light Wind Board Question |
gorky
Replies: 17
Views: 6121
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:48 pm Subject: Light Wind Board Question |
No combination of windsurf board and sail can match a windfoil for light wind and upwind performance, and foiling is more fun. There is, however, a substantial learning curve for foiling. |
Topic: Windsurf foiling vs kite foiling |
gorky
Replies: 24
Views: 10943
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Forum: Northwest USA & Canada Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:59 am Subject: Windsurf foiling vs kite foiling |
My 30 year obsession with windsurfing speed sailing was replaced by the pleasures of windfoiling. One downside to windfoiling is that once proficient, there is no desire to return to regular windsurf ... |
Topic: Windsurf foiling vs kite foiling |
gorky
Replies: 24
Views: 10943
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Forum: Northwest USA & Canada Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:01 am Subject: Windsurf foiling vs kite foiling |
The bridge to bridge is a downwind race, the kitefoilers rule. Just for perspective, prior to foiling, Micah Buzianis held the record on a formula rig at about 18 minutes, record broken by a kitefoil ... |
Topic: Foil comparison. |
gorky
Replies: 22
Views: 7669
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Forum: Northwest USA & Canada Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 9:55 am Subject: Foil comparison. |
Stringp,
Are you able to carry your board and rig together up and down the launch at Stevenson? |
Topic: One board quiver-formula |
gorky
Replies: 81
Views: 31622
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:55 pm Subject: One board quiver-formula |
Another one board two sail solution is a large slalom board or a formula board, a 7.5 and a 5.0, equipped with a hydrofoil. If you can pump, this combo is great fun from about 10 - 20 mph. More vers ... |
Topic: Sailing Sebastian Inlet |
gorky
Replies: 2
Views: 1434
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:59 pm Subject: Sailing Sebastian Inlet |
No restrictions , lots of clam shells, use booties |
Topic: Melbourne |
gorky
Replies: 19
Views: 10623
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Forum: Eastern and Central USA & Canada Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:29 pm Subject: Melbourne |
All of the sailing venues in the banana and Indian River have higher winds on a seabreeze, at least in the afternoons when I sail. I remember one particularly robust seabreeze, I measured wind speed ... |
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