On Mar 28, 9:25 am, James <d0ugl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Sven- A speed board would be several sizes smaller than your current
> iSonic 124. Maybe you could make some leaps in speed just by
> switching to a smaller slalom board. The starboard iSonic comes in
> 111, 101, 96, 86, and 76 liter sizes as well as the microscopic 50
> liter speed special. I reckon the 76 would be good for "real world"
> speed conditions. Of course I've never sailed it so I can't claim to
> know exactly what I'm talking about.
>
> PS- I remember seeing an F2 missile in the shop at Ocean Air
> Watersports in Hatteras a few years ago. Is that the one you rode
> Andy? I think it was the 2005 or 2006 model and it was 50 cm wide /
> 60 liters. I didn't see any speed boards when I was at Ocean Air last
> week.
Hi James, yeah, we had one at sailworld, too, for about 6 months after
the magazine tests in 2006. Sweet board, it weighed about 10 pounds!
I don't think anybody has any here, right now.
SK, James is right about the accessibility of speed from a more normal
sized board for real world conditions. You'll get more use out of it,
and be able to dial it in better. The normal sized iSonics are not
short on speed ability! However, if you really do have a speed strip
in your backyard, and it blows 30+ often enough, then go ahead and go
for the real thing, because you just can't beat it if you have the
conditions!
Flat water is pretty amazing. I got my friend Keith talking about the
speed strip they built down here in Hatteras a few years back, and his
biggest recollection of the whole thing was that once you were in the
flats, you could have a board half the size and a sail twice the size,
and still remain in control! It's the chop that makes truly powered
up speed sailing really hard to accomplish...
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