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'Kirk Lindstrom says:'
> > Poulton and I made it out to San Luis Forebay today around
> > 3:00 p.m., and things went from good to great. It was a
> > steady 19-to-40 the whole time we were there. When we left
> > around 7:30 it was going 22-to-37, averaging 30.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 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 positive it was the sail because I know from experience on the Hip-Hop
that when I am that powered up the thing really moves fast. I've had a
couple of times on that board at San Luis with NP World Cup Race 4.5 sails
where I was noticeably faster than anyone else around me. Yesterday, even the
girls were beating me. :/
My experience with the Hip-Hop is that it *feels* slow, but that you are
actually moving a lot faster than you think, when you have a good sail.
The problem with the Tri-Lites was that it has a surfy-bottom, so it was
impossible to close the gap, and it is also a plastic instead of monofilm
interior panel (made to be indestructable rather than the fastest thing on
the water).
I guess I would summarize it by saying that when the board and fin are
well-known to you, you instinctively know from the force you are feeling on
the sail how fast you should be going. I was often way-powered yesterday,
but the force on the sail just wasn't translating to scary-fast speed.
> Also, the 257 handles gusty conditions
> very well. You might want to swap boards and keep the same sail next
> time to find out for sure. I sailed the hip_hop in Maui and the
> 257 in the Gorge so the conditions were more difficult with the
> hip_hop though it felt slow even it I looked good on it on the video.
I'll probably try the 257 and/or the F2 Axxis soon as well. But to be
honest I'm not sure I would trust my impressions regarding speed. Like I
said once on wind_talk, I had an experience at San Luis last year where I
was on a small Pryde and the Hip Hop cursing the board for not going fast,
until I noticed that I was demolishing everyone around me. I concluded
that the board just feels sluggish.
-- Thanks, Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
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