Just got my 2016 Patrik 140 F-Race. Was looking for a good blasting board for a fat bastard like me and I think this will do the trick. The slightly longer and wider outline hopefully will get me going earlier and for longer...sods law there is no wind forcast for this weekend . looks good but it is a dark board.

I have now got a 92 and a 110 both sweet boards to ride they truck upwind and feel trustworthy in chop lots more being sold in Qld I hear.

Izzy,
What design feature makes it more "fin hungry" than the prevoius version.

On the weekend I was struggling to maintain board speed upwind with a 32 in the V1 92. I could feel the speed just slip away.
I just put it down to lack of abilty

Never tried the Zulu fins but there must be a limit to all this improvement in equipment.

Steve let me try his 32 Z fin ( not Zulu fin) in my I-sonic 87 in 20-25 knots.

Hardly hit 20 knots with it. It lifted my board sky high I could barely sail.

Steve uses this fin in his P92 but reckons its on the big side in stronger winds.

I much preferred the P100 over the P92----- it felt softer and sweeter to ride.

Those removable cut outs are the same as on the old F2 boards (which Patrik designed)

The theory I was told when I had one was to remove them in higher winds for more of the cut out effect (whatever that is?)

I have ridden the F-Race 130 twice now. First time in light winds with two guys on learner gear, so a light wind day. It is 75cm wide with plenty of volume so tacking and uphauling was stress free.
Second time was yesterday at Balmoral Beach Sydney. Wind was at the start over 20 knots. I sail with the 7.9 Gun GSR and the sail was on the deck nicely giving the End Plate Effect. Everything was balanced. I found my heels up out of the water and getting into the back strap after a gybe easy. I think that is important (getting foot into back strap quick) for GPS or racing. Later the wind drop a bit and I changed to the 8.7m GSR Gun sail. A fleet of Elliots came out and I beat them upwind! dunno if that means anything but the board felt good upwind. I was pulling some tight gybes and my exit speed was good. these boards are slight longer than the Slalom boards.

At this stage I am thinking this might be a good board for open water sailing, coast runs etc. I used the PD Slalom 115 in the Ledge to Lancillin Ocean Marathon last year which was great but I did get buried at the start. I would have like a bigger board to punch out of the beach but then a bigger board might have being a bit cumbersome in the ocean. This board potentially ticks the boxes, has good planning length high volume and then a bit narrower than a Slalom to cut through and hit the high speeds.

As with any new board it takes a while to get the foot straps right, mast step position and fin combos and downhaul tension can also effect trim. So far it feels good :-)