Looks like foil's are here

[bmoore98]

I have the Horue Vini with the XLW wing and the LW wing and the Horue Tiny 120 liter board. I am the same size as Darius and Zirtaeb at 157 to 160. I've had it since March of 2016. I got off to a good start last year but had a nasty hamstring injury that cost me 12 weeks in the middle of the year then a rotator cuff injury and surgery that sidelined me from December until last week. I'm sort of starting over with the foiling but here are my thoughts based on my experience and that of two other sailing buddies with the same set up.

For me a good rule of thumb regarding sail size for foiling is two meters smaller than what I would use to plane on conventional gear. My best conventional light wind set up is a 9.5 Lion with a JP SLW board. Fins used for that are 54 sweeper, 56 slalom or 70 formula. When I look at the IW wind graph for my launch and the gust line (red line) is touching 13 mph I can plane on that set up. This means the average wind speed (blue line) is about 10 mph. So on that same day I can foil with a 7.5 sail and the XLW front wing. Sometimes a little less wind if it's a more steady breeze. Sometimes only a couple of more mph of wind gets me on the LW wing. The stabilizer is set just past the middle more toward the slower takeoff position. Around here we feel like going larger than 7.5 has diminishing returns but we could be wrong. Just like with regular windsurfing, I complain when I have to rig my biggest setup. I prefer around a six meter sail for foiling.

This part should should probably be another thread but I can't get my pm's to send. A few times people have pm'ed me and after I type up a wordy response it won't send. Im sorry if I haven't responded to you personally.

[swchandler]

"A few times people have pm'ed me and after I type up a wordy response it won't send."


If your message goes to your outbox, it will remain there until the recipient opens it up on their end. That's went it finally reaches the "sent" stage.

[bmoore98]

Thanks. Hopefully that's all it is.

[dariuslbzaS]

Thanks guys to clarify things, will be ordering xlw wing for more early foiling.

[dllee]

Kinda cool bigger wings are available, to fine tune gear's just like sail tuning and sizing.
Bigger wings get foiling earlier, at the expense of top speeds.

[grantmac017]

In theory you can put the Slingshot SUP wing onto their windfoil. Unsure if it would need a new stabilizer to balance out though.

Judging by pictures the Naish wing is very large much like an SUP wing.

[dllee]

Naturally, bigger winds foil up quicker, but top out in speed, as control becomes an issue.