As a rule of thumb:
Body weight + Rig weight + 10kg = Volume of board.
The windier it is the smaller the rig and board you can use.
The bigger the waves the smaller board you can use. You just need to be able to get out past the waves.
In marginal winds more sail and volume is the only way to go.

I've been using this link and it seems to be pretty accurate

jimbodouglass.blogspot.com/2010/11/updated-windsurf-calculator-online.html

Stuthepirate said..

As a rule of thumb:
Body weight + Rig weight + 10kg = Volume of board.
The windier it is the smaller the rig and board you can use.
The bigger the waves the smaller board you can use. You just need to be able to get out past the waves.
In marginal winds more sail and volume is the only way to go.

I'd add to this that you would always use bigger boards for wave sailing than you would for the same wind range on flat water. Even when it's it's blowing 25 knts many wave spots have little wind in the area where the waves are breaking.

At 95kg I would recommend you'd get a 100+ litre board (probably 110 would be ideal). There have been some good 100 litre wave boards around the past couple of seasons and some manufacturers are now coming out with even bigger boards. Some worth mentioning:- Fanatic Quad 101 (could be a bit small for you though)
- Starboard Nuevo 110
- Fanatic TriWave 103 (also a bit on the small side)
- Goya Custom Quad (104 and 118)
- OES Wave Custom (various size eg they do a 110, 115 etc)

Perhaps a good start would be to test a board first or buy something used. Windsurf and Snow have a Fanatic Quad 101 on test. In regards to sail size try to stick with a sail in the 5.6 to 5.3 range to begin with. Some bigger guys swear on 5.8 and 6.2 sails. Personally I don't feel you get that much more range out of them and the additional weight of the sail usually kills the fun factor.

Some good spots to start are Gerroa and Wanda (on a smaller day). Both spots break over sand so if you jump off you won't cut up your feet. Plus there are always other wave sailors around happy to share some tips.Keep an eye out for the NSW Wavesailing events (nswwavesailing.org). They often run wave clinics along side the comp.

Hi,

I posted that video before but, here is a great wave board for heavy people, 101L or 111L Exocet Xwave thruster 2013, I use it as a light wind board for me, but it could be a great heavy weight board, the thruster set up is faster than a quad and got more controle than a twin, and it still turns sharply even with me as a lighter weight guy (75kg) and it can handle from 4.2m2 to 6.8m2 for the 101L. Extremely stable in gusty wind too.

100L plus, and start with a FSW.
Going from a freeride or slalom board to a waveboard is a massive shock when you realise how draggy it is and slow to plane ........ and then how twitchy and loose it is once planing. And that is on flat water! Combine that with contending with shore break, current and proper waves etc etc.....

Best to just get something a bit looser but still planes a bit earlier than a waveboard and tracks better. Once used to that then think about waveboards if the spot is riding - oriented.

My last trip up there it was on. I was 100kg, on 80L and 4.0 and really struggled to hold it down.
So yeah I'm hearin ya

But nice to see all the skinny ones who were out the day before in 12-15kn taking the p!ss out of us larger folk, having to sit it out

104 goya at your weight. They can handle anything

Is cost an issue for you? Only that larger volume wave boards, say 100lt & up, are either custom order
or kept as a light wind back up for a lot of sailors (in Sydney anyway) & there aren't many used ones
around.
.
I've had so many years on waveboards about 80lt when I could only plane on a wave on the way in that
it was quite stupid.
.
Got a larger waveboard soon after I had to swim in from Long Reef about 2km out in the semi-dark a
couple of seasons ago. Spooky.

Mark _australia said..

My last trip up there it was on. I was 100kg, on 80L and 4.0 and really struggled to hold it down.


But nice to see all the skinny ones who were out the day before in 12-15kn taking the p!ss out of us larger folk, having to sit it out

solution :

seanhogan said..

Mark _australia said..

My last trip up there it was on. I was 100kg, on 80L and 4.0 and really struggled to hold it down.


But nice to see all the skinny ones who were out the day before in 12-15kn taking the p!ss out of us larger folk, having to sit it out

solution :

There is the next caption comp photo
" I am gunna take a ride on my big girl...."