Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com (opus-fddi.hpl.hp.com) by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA001987345; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:09:05 -0700 Return-Path: <jonm@qualix.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA104107335; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:08:55 -0700 Received: from mom.hooked.net (root@mom.hooked.net-DeleteThis [206.80.6.10]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6 HPLabs Relay) with ESMTP id SAA08610 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jonm.NT ([206.169.1.144] (may be forged)) by mom.hooked.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA15567 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:05:32 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: <jonm@qualix.com-DeleteThis> From: "Jon Morse" <jonm@qualix.com-DeleteThis> To: <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Light wind sail for lil' sailor Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:08:33 -0700 Message-Id: <002201bd6d8b$2b6d3160$9001a9ce@jonm.NT-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 In-Reply-To: <199804220033.RAA61217@bluedini.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis>
Hot Sails are known for being extremely light weight- check out their
Spiderlock RAF
Jon Morse
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [mailto:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis]On
> Behalf Of Martin Frankel
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 5:40 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Light wind sail for lil' sailor
>
>
>
> So Darin found a 4/3 Wetsuit at the Boardsports Marin sale this
> weekend, and now she has another question which she wanted me to ask
> in the correct "windsurf-equipment-geek" terms.
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for a light, easy-handling sail, 6.0
> or 6.2, for a small woman? Darin found my Delta3 6.5 to be very heavy
> (in fact I'd prefer a lighter sail myself). She also tried a 3-cam
> 6.2 race sail which was much lighter but difficult to handle due to
> cams & luff sleeve. She's excited to use a big sail because she can
> plane in virtually no wind, but neither of those sails did it for her.
> We've been looking at swap meets, but it seems that in the used
> market, big gear = race gear.
>
> Another problem she's having is that she's always putting the boom at
> the very bottom of the opening, and even then it's sometimes too high
> (she's 5'2"). I don't know if there's much she can do about that
> except get a custom sail. ($$$)
>
> Any recommendations for Darin? In particular, something that she
> might be able to find on the used market?
>
> Thanks all,
> --
> Martin Frankel |||| mdf@sgi.com-DeleteThis |||| (650)933-6191
>
> P.S. What's up with this obsession with race gear? Are windsurfers
> masochists? Does your average Joe or Jane Sailor really get anything
> out of that third or fourth cam? :)
>
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