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85 ltrs would be fine as a high wind wave board especialy if its a single fin. Quads etc - you would be better with a 90 ltr but if buying second hand etc you might not have the choice. When you say waves up noth where do you mean?by sailrepair - ASK A CLONE
What are you compareing it to? Everything is relative. FSW's plane earlier than wave boards but 12 -15 kts is not a lot of wind. Same for tacking. I would have thought that the faster FSWs would with good technique get you plaining at about 15 kts with your weight and sail.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
For your weight I'd say go for the 430. Make sure you have a good mast extension.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
Regards how much weight a mast will take - a lot of masts will virtualy bend into a U shape especialy rdm masts. 430 with a 38cm extension - you will probably find that your sail has a much softer feel, opening up and spilling wind easier/earlier. Sometimes there can be issues with the foot batten nor rotation well due to it meeting the mast right at the bottom where it is stiff. Also be carefby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
It should be ok. I have the 7.8 and I run a sail repair business - as long as there is no tension left on the sail and no creases you should be fine. You will probably have to take the boom off as the mast will be too far back in the sleeve.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
Hi what you are saying of the witchcraft is only applicable to the older v2.3 and before wave boards. They had fast rockers etc and were good cross-on/bump&jump boards but with the arrival of the witchcraft chakra boards the new V3.0 wave boards have a lot of rocker and are no longer early to plane. Of the new boards the chakra would be what you would want. I have had the v2.3 wave boardsby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
It is hard to give advice without knowing/seeing the front end of your boom as there are quite a few different style of boom front ends out there. Some are allways tricky to use others less so.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
Billy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't normally bother with this forum but there > are some real rubbish answers here. > > Sailrepair is talking particular crap but I > suppose that depends what he is selling this > week. > > Whilst it's true that all the brands have had > hiccups in their transitions to multi fin boarby sailrepair - ASK A CLONE
Hi trendspotter I think Starboard have done a lot of damage to their wave baord market by discontinueing boards after about 6 months (evil Twin) and very mixed reviews. After years of building a strong following with the evo and acid they seem to have lost their way a bit. Meanwhile quatros market share has grown greatly on the back of good tests. Personaly I (93kg) am on my second witchcraby sailrepair - ASK A CLONE
Try Surfdock in Dublin, if you tell them what you want I'm sure they could sort you out.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
GURGLETROUSERS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It will be of little interest to others, but I > need to convince myself that a change of direction > is called for. > > A number of factors hit those who do things > long term, and they seem to have piled up of late. > The latest rip off revelations have been the > decider. >by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
R&D costs money regardless of whether they get it right or wrong. thats why personaly I bought a quatro as my first twin fin - because they had at least a year if not two's more development on twin fins than any other brand, same goes for quads. I wouldn't buy a board that was a new concept like twins in their first year. If you want something make sure its second generation. I now personalyby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
bucko Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why should wave boards cost any more than freeride > boards, a little more reinforcement perhaps , but > a lot less material of construction than a 120 > litre freeride and probably easier and cheaper to > ship from the factory. Probably 5 x the amount of r&d goes into wave boards than freeride boarby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
I see what you are saying. The truth is that the expensive wave boards only make up 10% of the overall market. you can buy a decent freeride board and rig (biggest area of the market) for about £1400 Also some brands are now only updateing freeride boards every 2 years which is better. And good complete beginners set ups for £1000 new. Its like looking at the car market and saying how ridiculoby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
This argument comes up quite often. The industry is what everyone has made it. There are cheaper boards out there, Bic for example but people demand ever lighter boards so the different brands try to give the sailors what they want. When JP started offering pro edition boards even they were supprised by the demand which actualy outstriped supply. If you want a team of guys working year round to mby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
Hi yes it can be difficult to get hold of the materials. I supply xply and monofilm to a few places overseas. Drop me a email and we can take it from there. cheers Johnby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
I had v2.3 wave boards in 83 and 92 and a chakra 106, liked them so much I now have the latest v3.0 wave boards (same size) and a new chakra 106. What would you like to know? I just can't see me sailing anything else.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
Its only a batten, hardly a warranty case. battens break for lots of reasons, try hard enough in good waves and you can break them all in one go. Most decent shops will have a replacement, while it might not be original north as long as its reasonably stiff you won't notice any difference. There are contact details on the north website.by sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
On the subject of north style pin v's the US double poppel system I had a us one jam when the sprung popper got all distorted due to a wave trying to pull it apart. the rdm carbon extensions, just like rdm masts tend to have thicker walls so are not so prone to "drop " type damage. For the price the north extensions are hard to beat although I'm not sure about long term corrosionby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
There can be a bit of a difference weight wise between carbon and aluminium but down at the mast foot its where you feel the difference the least. I think the main issue is strength. I have snaped one carbon extension and bent 2 aluminium ones but at least I could sail back in with the bent aluminium ones. These days I use carbon for bump and jump sailing but then use aluminium once the wave getby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION
tiree is my fav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 1. camping in tiree in october is for the brave - > yes i have done it but would not recomend it > 2. the event is mobile and so competition can > happen at a number of beaches. - last year it was > at balephuil in the south west, the year before it > was largely at Balevuilin in the north weby sailrepair - GENERAL DISCUSSION