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Fanatic Falcon 110 09'

Created by ka43 ka43  > 9 months ago, 25 Dec 2008
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ka43
ka43

NSW

3097 posts

25 Dec 2008 12:26pm
Had a good sail on the new 09 110 liter Falcon slalom board on the 22/12/08.
I have the 06 111 model.
It feels completely different to previous boards. I know you cant call a slalom board "loose" but thats how it felt. Planes quickly and accelerates like a bullet.
Different when you hop on as well. Feels compact and a lot rounded compared to the flat decks of earlier Falcons.
Best part is the gybing, it doesnt even seem to feel chop and carves beautifully.
I used it with a 6.7 RSR Evo 1 and 36cm JP slalom fin. Was way over powered in the gusts but the board stuck nicely to the water and glided over the high short chop. Pads were comfortable and not too soft so you could feel "connected" to the board. Really impressed!!!
Thanks to Sam at Wind Surf n Snow for the lend.
ducati
ducati

QLD

474 posts

25 Dec 2008 12:11pm
At $2900 WITHOUT a fin is anyone gunna bother??
only for the select few "sponsored" sailors
choco
choco

SA

4177 posts

25 Dec 2008 3:51pm
more like $2999......pity because they are excellent boards,there were alot of factors that caused this price increase hopefully 2010 models maybe better priced.
Waiting4wind
Waiting4wind

NSW

1871 posts

26 Dec 2008 12:09pm
Wow a quiver of these boards would cost more than my car! I didn't realise they were that much, glad I didn't wait for them to come in when I bought my new board recently.
Nice looking board though. I had an 06 as well which was a chunky looking board, the 09 looks so different in it's outline, always mistake it for a much smaller board.
mkseven
mkseven

QLD

2315 posts

29 Dec 2008 12:40am
Who cares about fins, Fanatic have a valid point that slalom sailors have their existing quiver of fins anyway.

All slalom boards have gone up this year, even starboard are over $2500 now for 09 boards.
mbakop
mbakop

1 posts

30 Dec 2008 8:48pm
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ka43 said...

Had a good sail on the new 09 110 liter Falcon slalom board on the 22/12/08.
I have the 06 111 model.
It feels completely different to previous boards. I know you cant call a slalom board "loose" but thats how it felt. Planes quickly and accelerates like a bullet.
Different when you hop on as well. Feels compact and a lot rounded compared to the flat decks of earlier Falcons.
Best part is the gybing, it doesnt even seem to feel chop and carves beautifully.
I used it with a 6.7 RSR Evo 1 and 36cm JP slalom fin. Was way over powered in the gusts but the board stuck nicely to the water and glided over the high short chop. Pads were comfortable and not too soft so you could feel "connected" to the board. Really impressed!!!
Thanks to Sam at Wind Surf n Snow for the lend.


Hi,

What was your fin during this session and the mast rack? For my own experience with exactly same sail it seems that 130/131 is a good position. I try at 128 but it was more slow and the noose was too low.

bye,
ka43
ka43

NSW

3097 posts

31 Dec 2008 7:15pm
It was a 36cm JP slalom. I cant afford others and I like the fin.
base was at 130 and felt pretty good. its what i use on my older Falcon so I used it as a benchmark.
Im certainly no expert but combo felt good but I was very over powered so it wasnt a decent test.
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