Received: from hplabs.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA27488; Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:55:45 -0700 Return-Path: <justin@booza.mcm.com-DeleteThis> Received: from netcomsv.netcom.com ([163.179.3.2]) by hplabs.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1SU) id AA028126143; Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:55:43 -0700 Received: by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.12/SMI-4.1) id IAA28876; Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:41:18 -0700 Received: from crenshawu.mcm.com by guava.mcm.com (5.x/SMI-4.1) id AA07071; Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:37:25 -0700 Received: from booza.mcm.com by crenshawu.mcm.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA08727; Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:37:22 -0700 Received: by booza.mcm.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA11629; Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:37:21 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:37:21 -0700 From: justin@booza.mcm.com-DeleteThis (Justin Gordon) Message-Id: <9507061537.AA11629@booza.mcm.com-DeleteThis> X-Host-Id: booza To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: is the coast windier? X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
Andy,
I am 6'0, 195#, and routinely use a '93 F2 Axis 260 (8'6, 92 L) with
a 13.75 swept blade fin (tear drop) and a 6.0m Sailworks Bravo. This
combination works fine, so long as there is some wind.
I recommend that you try using your 8'8 with a larger sail. It has
to be *very* windy before I even go down to my 5.5m Bravo. You should
also get a larger fin for the larger sail.
Justin
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Justin Gordon
email: justin@mcm.com-DeleteThis
phone: 415.267.1287
Mellon Capital Management
595 Market Street, #3000
San Francisco, CA 94105
> From listserv@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Wed Jul 5 17:20 PDT 1995
> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 16:46:04 -0700
> Originator: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
> From: andy@excelsior-71.Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Andrew Davidson)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
> Subject: is the coast windier?
>
>
> Last year I had Haut shape a board for me. At the time I told him I
> mostly sail at coyote point, but really wanted to sail at waddel
> more. We agreed the board would be a "high wind" board, and that given
> my size 190#, an 8'8" would be fine. My question is, I never seem to
> be able to use this board. This year I have taken the board out three
> times at coyote and slogged two of those times. So my question is "is
> the coast winder then the bay in general"?
>
> For some reason I got the impression that the biggest sail this board
> could carry was a 5.3? Does anyone know how board size and sail size
> related? I have a 6.2 race sail, I wonder if it would
> work?
>
> Finally, is the problem my fin? I have a 12" wave fin on it now?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Andy
>
>
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