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I've got an old One Design board; the sail is basically flat, but has three flat wooden battens that fit in small pockets at the non-mast edge, about 8', 12', 16' long, 1' wid...
Tim,
Bird is very flat and there are on-the-beach rentals (Worldwinds, www.worldwinds.net , owner: Don Jackson). They have Gaastra/F2 rentals (all boards are 2002, about 2 months old).
Cline ...
...f the fin is usually a trailing edge problem. Get a dowel pin or something else very straight or ground flat and check for a 'hollow' just ahead of the trailing edge. If there is one, take a...
From what I see of the photos it looks awfully flat. Give me some waves and wind!
...our buddy Alan White is getting spanked with the flattest week
I did notice that it looked extreamly flat down there.
Maybe Kevin has a Formula board he could try or something.
You are ...
Why doesn't anyone sail there instead of Plumb Beach? The shore is clean, the water is flat and there seems to be nice wind midday.
...9; HyperTech - I don't think I ever completed a carving jibe on it, but that thing was fassssst on flat water. And what acceleration.
Tom - Chicago...
Sounds nice and simple. Do you have to angle the PVC pipe or do you lay it flat on the floor of the trailer? What volume size of freon tank? where would you think i could find all these parts? Thanks ...
I have never broken a mast in the waves - but several on flat water/chop. Just the huge loads of sailing waaaay overpowered broke the mast at the booms.
Tom - Chicago
...' 3' do these affect my selection of fin. I generally sail at wind condition of 15 -25 Km/hr. Flat water in Hong Kong.
BC...
... alarm system was that if someone came too close, a fender or hubcab would fall off, or a tire would go flat. Something like that. Maybe you could make such a windsurfing vehicle?...
...ere. If you want to find more sailors, head to the Sanibel causeway (1.5 hours North or so?). It's flat water, and not very interesting IMO....
...ails a lot, either from crunching the rails when the bottom is up, or from the straps fluttering on the flat bottoms and causing ripples. So I recommend placing boards decks up (so the straps can foll...
...atrend wave board.
I usually use tha stick fin (23,5cm) with the 5.8 and 5.3.
I can jibe 50% in flat water and weight 63kg. and sometimes I think I would be more confortable with a smaller fin...
...season is in the summer, but you can get knock-down wind or no wind any time of the year. It's all flat water sailing in thigh deep water with a sandy bottom. Nightlife revolves around Carol'...
...h, the water was lower that put more weeds on the surface. This created an unusual effect of absolutely flat water. The water was so flat I couldn't see ripples from the 15 to 40 mph wind. The 16...
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I dont know your level, but it seems to me that Sardinia offers plenty of choices, anything from flat water to wavesailing.
Aloha,
Jace Panebianco US-57...
...or a marginal Thurs. I actually saw a 1988 Fanatic Boa in new condition, with the stepped rear deck and flat rocker. Some guy even had a high aspect cut-away design. This is a pretty welcome occurrenc...
Big sails generally => flat water => lots of speed => looooooooong jumps, requiring little more than raising the windward edge to let air under the board. This effect is quite pronounced on a...
...oard for wavesailing destinations. ). But, although i'll have to use the board in small surf or on flat water as well, they got my focus because these seem to be real waveboards instead of high-w...
...plenty of width for helicopter variety too. I've never taken it into waves (Confession #27- I like flat water) but Bic says it'll do that too, Can't say anything about the Mistral, neve...
...s was performance in choppy water. My experience with longer boards has always been to keep them in the flat, and only take my small board out into swell....how do the formula boards fare in those con...
I love open ocean sailing. Its much more fun that flat water. The only reason I don't do it more is because it beats the cr*p out of you. It probably takes two to three times the effort as flat w...
..., but comparable. If you do get a big day, you could try downhaulling your 5.0 like crazy and sailing a flatwater bay. I believe you can handle at least a meter bigger than normal when sailing flat wa...
...more information would help us give good advice.
what conditions (i.e. typical windspeeds, waves or flat water, tidal current etc.) are prevalent at your local sailing spot? do you sail mostly on ...
...Priester Built, Clam Sandwich, Velocity & Logosz all made boards that absolutely ripped in both the flat and in heavy chop.
Fin quality is paramount to smooth the ride when skimming over the w...
...blowing just barely offshore. A couple of us had been making runs out and back when we happened on an inflatable whale-float drifting away from the beach. This is the kind that if full like the animal...
... true. I especially like Vetterlein's comment on learning loops on good ramps. Sure, one can learn flat water loops, but finding a spot where nice reliable ramps abound takes that much pressure o...
...walks upright, dreamy support. Generally speaking, chest types are used for wave-riding, seat types for flat-water blasting, with various combos of waist or waist/butt (like mine) used in between. Lot...
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I have used the stuff for numbers for years and as you say it holds like it has claws when pasted flat. I just think it's suspect when applied under tension and then subject to bending arou...
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