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gobigkahuna
Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 144 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:00 pm Post subject: Uphaul-able board for a heavyweight intermediate sailor |
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I'm shopping for a board and would like some help. I weigh 250 lbs (110 kg), am an intermediate (can gybe, sail upwind easily and water start), and am looking for a good, multi-purpose, floaty board. I'll be sailing in semi flat, choppy and small wave conditions. I have a huge (230 liter) wind-sup board that's ok for practicing gybes, but won't plane. And I want to plane! But I also need a board I can uphaul if the wind dies.
Most of the advice I'm reading says to take your body weight and add 40 kg, so for me that's a board that's about 150 liters. Most of the board that size are entry level boards with a dagger board. I definitely don't want that.
So what options are there for a 150+ liter board, that planes early and is intended for an intermediate sailor?
Suggestions?
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LeeD
Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 1175
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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150 freeride board,any company. Wide if your balance is bad or you sail in non planing conditions. Old bud swore he could uphaul a 133 liter board in less rhan 3 tries each attempt. He weighed 275 and wore a 4 mil.wetsuit, harness, and safety kit.
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grantmac017
Joined: 04 Aug 2016 Posts: 946
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Are you a straight line blaster or do you like to carve turns? What sail sizes do you have and what wind speed do you expect?
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NOVAAN
Joined: 28 Sep 1994 Posts: 1549
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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I second 145 to 155 freeride. A good used Bic techno 152. Planes easy, its fast, turns good and hard to break. Then you can get a modern lite weight board..
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jingebritsen
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 3371
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gobigkahuna
Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 144 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:12 am Post subject: |
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How would these floaty boards work in conditions like we had yesterday (see photo)? Wind shifted from side-on shore 15-20 mph to on shore at 25+ mph.
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SeaDawg
Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 384
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Maybe look for an original Bic 293. 205lt. I bought the Tiga version Free 79 .
The board moves right along and is definatly uphaulable.
The Kona one fills the bill also
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NOVAAN
Joined: 28 Sep 1994 Posts: 1549
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Can't have it all in one board. 25 plus is pretty windy. You would need a smaller board. In that wind, up-hauling is not and issue. Its not so much the wind as it is the water conditions. On shore wind is difficult to sail in. No room to bear off to get going....
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gobigkahuna
Joined: 11 Mar 2004 Posts: 144 Location: Eastern NC
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:07 am Post subject: |
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NOVAAN wrote: | Can't have it all in one board. 25 plus is pretty windy. You would need a smaller board. In that wind, up-hauling is not and issue. Its not so much the wind as it is the water conditions. On shore wind is difficult to sail in. No room to bear off to get going.... |
Makes sense. Plus most of the wide boards have deep fins and the water at this spot stays shallow for quite a ways out.
Incidentally, this beach faces a protected sound (the southern end of Pamlico) so only has waves when the wind is this direction.
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wsurfn1426
Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 223
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Starboard Carve 141
You will need a smaller fin and/or possibly a weed fin if the venue is shallow.
I weigh 235. I sail a 125 liter freestyle as my main board. My level is a little higher. A long time ago, I had a Carve 145 that I sailed way more than I thought I would.
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