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rtz
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 296 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:39 pm Post subject: Good small sail sizes to have? |
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What's a good small sail setup to have?
So I basically have a 4.5m then a 5.6m. I'm not using my 4.7 and 5.5 Chinook PowerGlides in high winds again. It's like having a sail made from a sheet of plywood and it whips around like a flag.
Seeing as they make 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 etc. all or some? Which ones? Same for the 5.0 - 5.5m sizes. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5329 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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What wind? Exactly.
What skill? Exactly.
What board? Exactly. |
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rtz
Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Posts: 296 Location: Oklahoma City
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grantmac017
Joined: 04 Aug 2016 Posts: 946
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I'd rig a ~7.5 and quit when it dies. |
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joethewindsufa
Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1190 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:29 am Post subject: |
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where i live, i do not go in south winds
20 mph is about 7.0, but 25 is more like 6.3 or smaller !!
major drop in wind chart and it is time to go as stated
and not so sure about your boat with those sails ... |
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manuel
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 1158
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grantmac017
Joined: 04 Aug 2016 Posts: 946
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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grantmac017 wrote: | I'd rig a ~7.5 and quit when it dies. |
FYI that would be on your board. I'd be on a 122L or possibly 95L depending on how steady it was and rigging either a 5.7 or 5.3 again depending. |
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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joethewindsufa
Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1190 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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who is Mary Jane |
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techno900
Joined: 28 Mar 2001 Posts: 4161
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:36 am Post subject: |
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I sailed in the Dallas area for 27 years and is not that much different than OKC. I got by very well with a 4.0, 4.5, 5.2, 6.0, 6.4 and larger...……. I weight 170 and used the sails on boards between 90L and 105L. This covers winds from 20 to 30+. Winds under 20 and I am on bigger boards and sails. |
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