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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:31:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Booker C. Bense" <bbense@networking.stanford.edu-DeleteThis.com>
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On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Erik Eiseman wrote:

> Wanted to get off the topic of breakdowns and hit a few randoms.
>
>
> 4. Does anyone here sail with a 100L JP board? Can a 100L board be
> at all slashy? I would love to sail my 85L (I'm 180lbs.)board but
> need more. My 95L BIC sucks. This is a good topic worth
> discussing. All those 85L bay sailing boards are great but the
> ability to explore is somewhat lost.
>

- Well, a 100l board is never going to slash like an 85L board, but I
think the fin has more to do with it than the volume. It's hard to
find a fin that will both get you upwind and slash when you get there.
Also, the earlier a fin planes the less slashy it tends to be. I have
a really old fat 11' Dill fin that I retrofitted for a tuttle box. It
goes upwind pretty well, is really slashy, but very slow compared more
modern fins.

- The other variable is board design, this has changed alot in recent
years. It used to be that anything above 100L was "slalom-like"
and focused on speed rather than slash. I'd really like to
try some of the new "freestyle" boards in the 100L-110L range.
I demo'd the ASD Mutant a few years ago and with the right fin
that could be a pretty "slashy" board, but it was still a compromise
between turning and speed. I think you could make a 100l board
that would slash very well, but I don't know if anybody is
making one.

- Booker C. Bense

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