Quick survey on what everyone's favourite bay board (ever) is and why....
Especially interested in v and width.
I know the bay does lots of conditions but I'm thinking sail range 5.5m and smaller with 85kg of clumsy sailor.
JP FSW - does a bit of everything on a 20knot+ choppy bump n jump day - pop some air, carve, blast.
Some type of 95l freestyle wave board. Single fin orientation.
You can't go wrong on the bay with a freestyle wave board. Go with a wave fin for wave sails. I have no problems with the chop and sailing up wind with ease.
There will be other boards for speed and radicalness,
but for comfort and ease,
-rewinding the clock, green Flow 93 lt,
and now, 95 lt RRD Freestyle/wave.
(Mr Love will back me up)
Both boards with heaps of V and not too wide.
The guy we sold the cobra tandem too lives in Hastings.. Haven't seen him in a few years but he's the kind of fella that hangs on to stuff might catch up with him a see if I can buy it back or borrow it for a bit.. You put 2 good sailers on this this thing in 15/20 knots you will over take an intermediate sailer on a slalom board.. Back when we had it we bought 2 big dark blue sails with the big 'Peter Jackson blue water classic logo all over them..one was a 9m and the other a 10m a lot of fun.. I will scan some photos from the old albums and post them up if anyone's interested in having a looks 
Pretty hard to say outright how much V you should have for a "Bay" board, everybody will have a prefference for what type of ride they like and how "active" they like the feel. What I have found with the boards I have designed is as follows.
Firstly I like a board that is pretty smooth through chop, I like some feedback but for me as I like going fast something that is comfortable suits best. To do this V , concave or a combination of both works great.
So if we take a 60 wide board as a bench mark I would have at 1300-1400 off the tail 4-5mm a side if it is a flat V board, maybe a touch less if it is double concave.
So if you stuck a straight edge across centerline to one rail you should measure about 8 mm min to the other rail for flat V and maybe a bit less if it is double concave. If a board has these sort of figures it should be pretty smooth in the Bays steep chop. There are lots of other factors as well though, way more complex than just V or concave.
As I said, this is what I like, others will have different opinions.
My most used board in the bay is a 96L Tabou 3s 239 x61 I have had it now for 3 summers and it ticks all the boxes for a bay board.
It dosn't have heaps of double concave or a huge amount of v compared to some other boards but I feel the balance is right.
Jerry, Stick a straight edge across the bottom at the mast track. I would be interested to know how much V/concave it has.
I sense another purchase
As the Sith Lords say "DO IT!"
The Tabou 3S has some great reviews.
Mr. Love said "Jerry, Stick a straight edge across the bottom at the mast track. I would be interested to know how much V/concave it has".
My 2013 3S96 has 3-4mm at the rear of the mast track. Jerry has told me that his board doesn't have the concave that the 2013 model has, but it has a lot more vee in the back of the board compared to mine.
My 3S106 has about the same vee at the back of the board that Jerry's 96 has and it gybes like a dream, which was one of the reasons I bought the 96.
Mr. Love, bring all your measuring gear with you for the next few weeks and I'll let you measure my 96 for all you're worth 
Easy pick for me on this one!
Actually, I'm going to do my top three.
1/ Tiga 260 Slalom [1987 model]
2/ Strapper/Tiga Tom Luedecke 9'4" double concave slalom [1985 model]
3/ Full Circle 8'6" R/H Assy [ why? For backside Pt Ormond waveriding, it was a 7'6" which was super short for the day].
I guess that back in the day, your fave was mainly a custom and production stuff was not as desirable.
I cant believe no-one has mentioned the Starboard Acid - at least for the slightly windier days.
I still have a Starby Acid 62 litre.
Yes, it shines on the days when I pull out my 3.4 Naish Force.
Peter, I'll see if I can find any shots of the Full Circle.
I had a matching LH Assy as well.
5mm a side Jerry, and you thought it didn't have much V , that is actually quite a lot nearly 1 deg a side.
For a real chop eater minimum .7 deg a side of V seems to be the figure and the more concave it has the softer the ride gets.
