What do you use for a low end 15- 20kts..( e.g - gusty and more 15 than 20kts)
For a top end 15 - 20kts ( more consistent and closer to 18 -20kts)
Quote your weight & board + sail size .
E.g for me - low end -64kgs/ board + 65 of weight / sail 6.6m
top end - board + 30 / sail 5m
I'm just trying to get an idea of what people usually use. It seems around here that they are using boards that aren't a lot more than their weight ( +20 to 40) with big sails.
I suppose you should also say what sort of conditions your sailing in - flat water, lake chop , etc

Bender said...

for 15-20knts i use ' Reflex3 7.8m and X-Fire 122

So how does that relate to your weight - e.g - board is + x of your weight? Also is that top end 15- 20 or bottom end.. Oh wait it's in WA so top end..

flat water, low end, 5.6m wave sail + 101L freestyle board + 20cm fin. (S-1 + Starboard Flare)
flat water, top end, 5.3m wave sail + 101L freestyle board + 20cm fin. (S-1 + Starboard Flare)
waves, top end, 5.3m wave sail + 85L wave board + 17cm twin fins. (S-1 + Nude Chopper)

75kg.

Basically 100L freestyle board covers all my flat water sailing (5.6m -> 4.2m)... and the 85L waveboard covers all my wave sailing, thou I don't bother with waves unless I can be powered on the 5.3m.

From what I've seen on the lighter end of the scale in flat water, the freeriders will be on a sail 0.5-1.0m bigger, and a board with 10-20L more float. Once it gets towards solid 20kts, they tend to be on similar sized sails as I am, and most of the time they will switch down to 90ish L freestyle wave or wave boards.

The slalom/fast guys will generally always be on 1-2m bigger sail (7-7.8m), and maybe a 120L boards in the light winds. When it gets windier, they are still on 1-2m bigger sails (6.0-7.0m), but also tend to go to 90ish L boards. That said most of them are a fair bit heavier than me, so they hold down big sails in some pretty serious wind

80Kg

Low end: 105 litres + 6.3
High end: 105 litres + 5.5

1 board, 1 mast, 1 boom, 2 sails.
Fanatic FSW + SuperFreak.

I'm 90kg's
I've got a 6.2 for the top end of 20knts
i'm looking for a twin cammed 6.7 for the bottom end.
110L Naish Koncept for both sails
then down to 92L FSW with a 5.4 or 4.8 at +20knts
2 masts, 2 boards, 1 boom, 4 sails.

Bender said...

sboardcrazy said...

Bender said...

for 15-20knts i use ' Reflex3 7.8m and X-Fire 122

So how does that relate to your weight - e.g - board is + x of your weight? Also is that top end 15- 20 or bottom end.. Oh wait it's in WA so top end..

I am 83kgs. It the wind is more towards the 20knt mark i might jump on the X-Fire 102 but if its smooth enough i would stay with the 122 and 7.8m. it is really managable. Mind you i use adjustable outhaul and sail upwind and deep off the wind. Adjustable outhauls will add massive wind range to your sails. On a new sail i find a downhaul setting that works and then add or decrease the sails power by outhaul. i strongly recomend usung adjustable outhauls they really work and are dead simple.

Sue - another Ben telling you the same thing

Ben 555 said...

Bender said...

sboardcrazy said...

Bender said...

for 15-20knts i use ' Reflex3 7.8m and X-Fire 122

So how does that relate to your weight - e.g - board is + x of your weight? Also is that top end 15- 20 or bottom end.. Oh wait it's in WA so top end..

I am 83kgs. It the wind is more towards the 20knt mark i might jump on the X-Fire 102 but if its smooth enough i would stay with the 122 and 7.8m. it is really managable. Mind you i use adjustable outhaul and sail upwind and deep off the wind. Adjustable outhauls will add massive wind range to your sails. On a new sail i find a downhaul setting that works and then add or decrease the sails power by outhaul. i strongly recomend usung adjustable outhauls they really work and are dead simple.

Sue - another Ben telling you the same thing

Since I started to use heaps extra downhaul I sent some photos of my latest rigging to the previous owner of the sail and he says I've overdownhauled it and not enough outhaul..Cams weren't rotating properly.Now I don't know which way to go..

Ben 555 said...

Byron would know.... but that setting you had it on when I saw you was way under downhauled - I put 60mm for a setting for me

I'm pretty sure thats what he told me to use.
Maybe I should back it off a bit from the new really downhauled one and use the smaller weedfin. I might post the sail rigged here & get some general feedback.

108 Kg (winter coat , fightin weight is circa 103kg)

Low end: 135 Patrik + 9.6 Code Red
High end: 111 Futura + 8.4 TR8

58 Kg, 85L Sonic, 6.4 Koncept, maybe 5.7 if its more towards the top end, 32 or 28 pointer. River chop.

85kg
Board: 110L FA skate
low end:6.5 XO Fusion
Top end: on "wave" spots 88L AHD Seal 5.3 HSM Bolt or on flatter water 6.5 XO Fusion and Skate

16knts = 5.2m, 90l freestyle board
20knts = 4.7m, 90l freestyle board

easy!!!!!!

also you need a 16cm fin to go with that.

but I weigh 60kg :)

100 kg/220 pds = heavyweight

low end has flatter water - AHD FF 160 liter/79cm with MS-2 8-oh - freerace 2 cams
higher end and water is choppier - Fanatic BEE LTD 124/63 with Gaastra Flow 3X 7-oh {old stuff}

more interestingly {for me}
10 to 15 knots is BIC Techno Formula with MauiSails TR-4 10-oh
get to go NO MATTER WHAT this way :-)
live in a light wind area

110L Firemove and an 8.6m Severne Turbo. Starts getting a little hairy at the 20kn mark but fantastic for sailing on a very gusty lake. Have a small weedy on it which keeps the board behaved in the bigger gusts. Sailed this combo more this season than any other sail/board combo combined. Not a bad thing though - I love blasting along with this setup Zen...

105 L...6m...80kg.

Wouldn't go smaller than 110L with those sail sizes