Looking at the bottom half speeds of these results, half the field seemingly spent considerable time not foiling - does any one have the story behind the story? We all know how hard it is, but there are some good dwd foilers in there, so I can only think the ocean went dead on them. PS. Tiago takes the Trooper Award!

And for my part, I stopped x3 times but was able to get up fast, I was on a way to a decent timing being 4th place but got lost and went to the wrong beach... I had to ask my way and get back to the outside to finish 1km away.

Yoy can see all the trackers with lines, speed, etc...

It is a good race, really popular with surf ski and oc, sup. I can see a good futur in the foiling division as we don't have to many races like that.

Next year they will propably have a waiting period for foiling division.

PeterP said..
Tiago takes the Trooper Award!

There's an obvious mistake there. Tiago made in less 10 hours than what is stated. I only texted him once after the race, but he said the conditions were bad. He can do way much better than that.

PeterP said..
Thanks for updates, sounds tough with the weed (hard enough as it is....). 10-12kn really is little wind, what foils were the guys using?

Bigger foil was the way to go.

1st place 1480 fone
2nd kujira 1440
3rf army 1325
4th Axis 1050

PeterP said..
Thanks, Greg, very good info. Couple more questions - what do you currently use as your lightwind dwd foil and would you agree with following assessment - As a rule of thumb, foils larger than 1500sqcm have too much induced drag to enable sustained pump and glide irrespective of body weight? Larger foils will be easier to get up on foil (than 1500 and down) but at the expense of too much drag for long sustained bump riding?

I'm 1m70/75kg, my biggest foil is the Kuira 1440 with 220 stab, this is the one I use when it is light (under 15nd).
Then I have Axis Art 1099 and 999 when it is 15nd +.
I also have Unifoil Hyper 190/170/150 but lately I've been trying the Axis art.
For the last few weeks I've been using only 75cm mast, I used to have 82cm but I think 75cm works best (easier to get up, stiffer, more control).

I think what matters most when it comes to efficency is the ratio wing span/cord more than surface area. Also it depends on conditions.
For exemple a heavier guy can be faster than a ligher foiler using a smaller (supposely faster foil) especially on big days.

One thing I know for sure is, it is better to fly non stop slow than struggling trying to keep up to fly fast and having to stop.

Axis 1150 is a good example, probably one of the easiest foil to fly on small bumps, it might be not super fast but anyway on a slow run you will go slow anyway. So then it is all about compromise, for example Axis 1050 (1500cm2)/Kujira 14440 can be a good choice for lighter riders.