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cgoudie1
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Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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 Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Just stick that 40cm fin in there and rig that 6.5 and go get some rides.
Most windsurfers are gearheads, but you'll be better served with TOW
than internet analysis.
-Craig
| rtz wrote: | The 34 and the 40. Still thinking about a 50. Got a 6.5m in today and harness lines. I'll get some bigger sails when I feel like the 6.5 just isn't enough.
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westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
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Location: Portland / Gorge
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| Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| RTZ needs to get a ride on a smaller board ASAP. IIRC that hasn't happened yet? That should get him over some of the gear obsession. |
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PeconicPuffin
Joined: 07 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| rtz wrote: |
I want the fins so I can experience what it's like having to much or too little fin on a board.
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You are way ahead of yourself. Until you are reasonably comfortable planing hooked in, with both feet in the footstraps, you are not going to be able to judge whether you have too much or too little fin.
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westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
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Location: Portland / Gorge
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| Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're not spinning out, there's probably nothing wrong with the fin you have. |
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NOVAAN
Joined: 28 Sep 1994
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| If I can't get on a plane for a given sail size and on the same board, I look to rig bigger. Adding 10 or 20 cm. more of fin ain't going to do much. Especially for the Op who's skill set is there yet. |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| rtz wrote: | | I'll get some bigger sails when I feel like the 6.5 just isn't enough. |
If you can't plane with a big board and a 40 cm fin, that 6.5 is clearly not big enough. |
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westender
Joined: 02 Aug 2007
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Location: Portland / Gorge
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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He said, nobody on his lake uses a sail larger than 6.0.  So there is that to consider. |
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rtz
Joined: 31 Oct 2010
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Location: Oklahoma City
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| When it's light; I'm the only one out sailing. On big days when I'm hanging on to my 4.7; it always has me thinking about a 4.0 or smaller. Get one or no? |
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windward1
Joined: 18 Jun 2000
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| No. Get the Harness and Harness Lines and get in them. You will then be wanting larger than the 4.7. |
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konajoe
Joined: 28 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| westender wrote: | | He said, nobody on his lake uses a sail larger than 6.0. So there is that to consider. |
Bunch of wind snobs..... |
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