Received: from hplms2.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA04095; Mon, 22 May 1995 10:04:42 -0700 Return-Path: <James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by hplms2.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.15/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1I) id AA031782963; Mon, 22 May 1995 07:29:23 -0700 Received: from Sun.COM (koriel.Sun.COM) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA266522897; Mon, 22 May 1995 07:28:17 -0700 Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (engmail1.Eng.Sun.COM) by Sun.COM (koriel.Sun.COM) id AA22239; Mon, 22 May 95 07:24:15 PDT Received: from jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (jurassic-52.Eng.Sun.COM) by Eng.Sun.COM (5.x/SMI-5.3) id AA17932; Mon, 22 May 1995 07:24:12 -0700 Received: from jalama.Eng.Sun.COM by jurassic.Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA14821; Mon, 22 May 1995 07:24:07 -0700 Received: by jalama.Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6.9/SMI-SVR4) id HAA18071; Mon, 22 May 1995 07:24:26 -0700 Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 07:24:26 -0700 From: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) Message-Id: <199505221424.HAA18071@jalama.Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: 6.+ sail recomendations X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
> From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis>
> 'Andrew Davidson says:'
> > After being skunked wed. at coyote point, I have decided it is time
> > to buy a big sail. By big, I mean something around 6.0. (I already
> > have a 5.3) My question is, given I weight 190lbs, and that my big
> > board is 125l. What should I get?
>
> At your size, is 6.0 enough of a jump? I think you should be looking
> at 6.5-7.0.
NO WAY! Not for the bay area. I weigh 225lbs, and rarely rig my 6.9
race sail. My 6.3 is usually big enough for those light days. I
wouldn't go bigger than 6.2 or 6.4. The newer slalom sails are very
stable sails, too. And you don't neccessarily have to go to a race sail.
Making a jump from wave sails to full on race sail might not be
consistent with you style of sailing.
Rushwind makes a Convertible line, which are designed for the specific
wind range it's expected to perform in. The smaller ones are more bump
& jump oriented, with the bigger ones being more slalom oriented. The
big sizes that you might be interested in are 5.7 with 2 cams and 6.3
with 3 cams. All the cams are internal (to the luff sock) and
removable, so you can rig the sail with a number of different
combinations of cams, or none at all. Windsurf Warehouse carries
Rushwind. I think Helm does too. Of course, Windwing, North, etc all
make some sort of convertible sail too (I'm just a Rushwind fan).
Or find something used at one of the upcoming swap meets. There's
usually someone selling sails that are only a year or two old.
~Jim
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Forsyth 9'2" no-nose, Forsyth 8'10" bump & jump, 8'6" epoxy Clam
Rushwind Race Sails (6.9-5.0)/Rushwind Convertibles (5.0-3.4)
Height 6'8", Weight 225lbs (James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis)
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