Received: from zonker-fddi.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA27873; Tue, 5 Jul 1994 11:37:16 -0700 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA20710; Tue, 5 Jul 1994 11:37:13 -0700 Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 11:37:13 -0700 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9407051837.AA20710@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Today at San Luis
> > I tried my 4.3 Northwave Tri-Lite sail for the first time.
> > While the sail handled tons of wind, it just didn't
> > translate power into speed. Ken, who was on a Windwing 4.2
> > Race, was killing me all day long. I'm spoiled to race
> > sails.
> >
Kirk sez:
> Are you sure it is the sail? I imagine you were on a hip_hop and
> Ken was on his Tiga257. The hip-hop is a dog in comparison by my
> judgement having sailed both.
I'm tempted to agree with Kirk. I was actually on my 9'0 CFX,
which is even flatter than the 257. I think the HipHop may
just have a relatively low top end speed due to its wavy shape.
Ken Poulton
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"I can't complain, but sometimes I still do."
-- Joe Walsh
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