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cgoudie1
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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:05 am Post subject: |
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If you are looking for a planning machine, at 135 lbs, you don't have to go
formula, and I would recommend that you don't. A large Slalom or even Freeride board and an 8M sail (a 7 would probably be better) would do you right in
most of the planning conditions from say 10 MPH to 19 MPH, and would be
much easier to handle at the upper end than a formula board (easier to
jibe also).
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-Craig
p.s. I have ridden formula boards, but I am not an aficionado, and I don't
care for them, so adjust your filter accordingly. |
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isobars
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| atlas.wave55 wrote: | | I still have a 110 litre board that I've been debating to keep mostly because the wind is usually never strong enough to get that board planing with a 4.5m sail. |
I don't understand the 4.5 sail part. A 110L board will carry a 7.5 in its sleep. |
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techno900
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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Iso makes a good observation. So the questions is - what sails do you have and what would you buy for the formula or large freeride?
Nothing wrong with a 110L board. At your weight and a 6.5 -7.5 sail, you can plane easily in 12-13 knots.
Once deeply committed to windsurfing, many of us have large quivers of sails. I have 10 sails ranging from 4.0 to 11.0. Those at the extreme ends don't get used much, but when I want to go and the wind is very strong or very light, I have the boards and sails that will allow me to have fun. |
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isobars
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| techno900 wrote: | | Iso makes a good observation. . |
Would you expect anything less? 
A very good sailer asked me yesterday whether his 94 liter Syncro Style could carry a 5.7. He seemed amazed to hear that many 80L wave boards work fine with a 5.7 and that his Syncro would easily handle a 6.5 (maybe a 7.5, given that my Syncro 92 is rated for a 7.0 and feels fully at ease overpowered on a 6.2). |
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atlas.wave55
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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What I think I will end up doing is getting one of these options, a Formula or as said prokids formula or even an older formula like the early 2000s that are around 90cm wide or large slalom or freeride, what ever comes up for sale in my area. And match that light wind board with a 7.5-8m sail with 460 mast and get like a 6 something m to go with the 110L board that can still fit on the 460 mast.
Or the other option is to just make life simpler and just get a 7m sail to use with a light wind board and 110L board.  |
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jingebritsen
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techno900
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Skip the large slalom board. Slalom boards are technical to ride, have wide/near the rail strap locations and are fragile. No fun for novices and many intermediates. |
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cgoudie1
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:39 am Post subject: |
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As are formula boards, only even more technical.
-Craig
| techno900 wrote: | | Skip the large slalom board. Slalom boards are technical to ride, have wide/near the rail strap locations and are fragile. No fun for novices and many intermediates. |
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U2U2U2
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Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| isobars wrote: | | atlas.wave55 wrote: | | I still have a 110 litre board that I've been debating to keep mostly because the wind is usually never strong enough to get that board planing with a 4.5m sail. |
I don't understand the 4.5 sail part. A 110L board will carry a 7.5 in its sleep. |
For the OP, his weight 135, a 7.5m sail on a 110l , would be due able , it would not be such fun slogging with all that weight of that sail, the core strength of a sailor that light is obvious different to normal sailor , use average weight instead , 175lb.
Not everyone lives in a windsurf Mecca and waits on the wind to switch on.
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U2U2U2
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| techno900 wrote: | Iso makes a good observation. So the questions is - what sails do you have and what would you buy for the formula or large freeride?
Nothing wrong with a 110L board. At your weight and a 6.5 -7.5 sail, you can plane easily in 12-13 knots.
Once deeply committed to windsurfing, many of us have large quivers of sails. I have 10 sails ranging from 4.0 to 11.0. Those at the extreme ends don't get used much, but when I want to go and the wind is very strong or very light, I have the boards and sails that will allow me to have fun. |
the middle bit aboutEASILY planing.. 14mph 110l, 6.5..
I don't weight 135 lbs.. But that I suspect is questionable to sat the least.
This is no way reflects any agreement with isobars.
The last paragraph is a indicator that you want the most from your opportunitys. The OP is looking at one or 2 boards.
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