Don't have any comments on your choice of boards, but I would suggest
you rethink the idea of learning waterstarts. Even if you get light
and/or flukey winds at your most common sailing site, you will find it
an extremely useful skill. For many if not most people, it's the
stepping stone to all other advances in sailing, since it helps you
get out into stronger winds and significantly decreases the amount of
energy you waste uphauling. And if you get hooked on the s****t like so
many of us have, and it sounds like you're well on your way, you'll
want to travel to other places to sail -- Maui, the Carribbean,
Hatteras, the Gorge -- and I can guarantee you that those places are
almost unsailable if you can't waterstart.
On Apr 30, 9:04=A0am, bertbarndoor <bertbarnd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I am an advanced beginner, 5'11 185 lbs (for those who haven't been
> following), looking to lock-in harness-use, foot straps, power jibes,
> and possibly (although not caring too much at this point) water
> starts.
>
> I am leaning (way leaning) towards the Rio (small) mostly because it
> is smaller, and I have this feeling that it will be more performance-
> oriented, while not being too difficult to learn what I want to learn.
>
> I am interested in the Kona mostly because of all the people who keep
> going gah gah over it and apparently it would be a fun board to have
> (and useful for my purposes). That said, the damn thing looks and
> sounds huge.
>
> Thoughts and opinions and thanks in advance....
>
> _Rob
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