Fanatic now has a Fanatic Falcon 152
Exocet has the RS7
SB has the UltraSonic
JP has the SuperLight with a soft fin
These boards are all about 90 cm wide and all seem to be race type boards.
How much difference in early planing is there between an 85 cm wide, 90 cm wide and 95 cm wide board ??
Also there seems to be little info on the RS7 and the new Falcon. Anyone here had any experiences on these ??
I don't think any of these are boards are 'race boards' there too wide for slalom (not legal), and too small for course racing competitively.
There meant to combine the early planning of a formula (and less technical to start planning) and still be comfortable for back and forth sailing, in medium winds.
racerx: that was why i put "race" in quotes
these boards are supposed to be quick in terms of planing and speed in light winds ie under 15 knots
for a 100 kilo intermediate in light winds - with not steady winds
which 85, 90 or 95 cm wide board would be best at early planing AND decent speed ??
can i guess 90 cuz it is right in the middle and seems the size of the 4 boards mentioned
The PWA race commity have the answers to that . I have always wonded myself? Maybe too close to formula demensions.
Hey Cluffy:
I have a BIC Techno Formula with 93 cm that REPLACED my longboard Fanatic CAT
I enjoy it SO much that i want to make sure there is a replacement when needed
it is between JP SLW92 and SB US 147 - so far
The SB is a bit short and the JP seems to have too soft a fin
now they have other racy boards like Fanatic and Exocet !!
happy to see we seem to have gone back to these sizes ...
what i am curious about is early planing AND speed
which width and length would be BEST ??
like someone asked - why not PWA with really wide boards ??
If you are a lightweight you can get by with a 75-80cm board
Disadvantage of going bigger,you lose top speed.
New 2013 sonic 110 at 75cm wide could still give excellent bottom end,while still maintaining feel,although never sailed it!
The 80.5cm wide 117 sonic i have sailed,felt pretty big,planed amazing but not the greatest amount of feel.
Tabou Manta 85cm and Mistral 82cm wide were both good.
75cm is as big as i'd go.
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The mistral 82 wide slalom board has got gr8 reviews.that would be a good board for light winds. I think andes brig nell really knows how to design boards l am not bias to any other board brand .even a Naish bullet would be good too. [}:)]
just saw the Ultrasonic on the beach this arvo, wow !!! a race boat !!
93.5 cm large !! fin looked like 70 cm. The guy rigged a 10m TR6 on it and was planing in 8knts ....
I picked it up, it seems as light as a 100 l !!
The ultrasonic is a AWESOME board! If I had some spare coin I buy one. Next season.
^^If i had the money to buy one next season, i'd take a holiday somewhere with wind
come over !! third day sailing in a row... and it's still blowing for the week end !
