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Fastest Freerace Board for 6M to 9M Sailing

Created by camlan camlan  > 9 months ago, 23 Feb 2008
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camlan
camlan

3 posts

23 Feb 2008 3:23am
What is the fastest Freerace board for 6M to 9M sailing? I weigh 80K and sail mostly 12 - 20 knots in medium chop.
hardie
hardie

WA

4129 posts

23 Feb 2008 9:42am
It's hard to say what is fastest, if you are talking freerace rather than dedicated race, look at some of the Mannufacturers that are dedicated to speed, Thommen 1 have the Fast X series a 127 might suit, Starboard have the Flare a 122 or 133 might suit, F2 have a freerace, JP have the Super sport. Something around 120 litres plus I would reckon particularly if you want to go up to 9m.
Pointman
Pointman

WA

437 posts

26 Feb 2008 12:48pm
Have a look at the Kinetic Gladiator range.

I've got a 115L and it's fast and fun to sail.

At my weight (100kg+) it's only planing in 15k+, but an 80kg sailor could easily get it planing in 10-12k with a 9.0m. You could even go smaller and look at the 95L version, which I'm considering as my high-wind board.

http://www.kineticaustralia.com.au/gladiator.htm

Auswind
Auswind

WA

398 posts

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26 Feb 2008 5:50pm
the starboard Stype was probably the first Freerace shape brought to market

predictably the other brands followed

The Stype was phased out for the 2008 range becasue sStarboard found a way to get speed appraching the isonic range (faster than Stype) with gybing better than the Carve series - and incredible wind range in each board

The result is the futura - As usual Starboard have the lead in this development - watch the other brands copy it next season. It a real winner!! with a few extra ins you get 2 boards for the price of 1!!

alot of the Futura's advantages come from its lower centre of gravity - see the futura video on the starboard website - again - Starboard were the first company to really look at COG and it effects on a board's behaviour - and it is massive!

funnily enough the isonic may be the Freerace board you are thinking of because it delivers its incredible speed by being easy to sail - hence the isonics seem to find their way into alot of intermediate sailor's hands.
vando
vando

QLD

3418 posts

27 Feb 2008 12:18am
Exocet Scross 120 is a nice board for those conditions.
Nice easy board to use but still very quick.

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