My new board is here... a great looking Patrik 100cm wide Foil-Comp V2 board.
After waiting what felt like an eternity due to covid production and shipping delays, Justin at windsurfing religion hand delivered my board, and it looks spectacular...

The stated measurements are 2120 long (short) x 1002 wide x 220L with a claimed weight of 9.5kg.
This size should help float through tacks and pumping, while the width should help with leverage over the foil, giving confidence to crank upwind and down. As patrik's website says; we can't wait to see this board on the race course!



A couple of design comments...

The deck is extremely flat, which is one reason I decided to buy this board and should hopefully spread any load out from the inevitable catapult and mast strike. (Someting I am intimately expperienced with, crashing out from second place: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Foiling/Foil-board-Repair-Job-The-new-nose-you-all-need)



I will miss the rubber decking that my FMX 91cm Hyperion has all the way across between the back straps, but on the plus side, it is probably a few grams lighter.

The mast base is deep, helping to bring the sail close or in full contact with the deck for maximum efficiency.


The foil mast screw holes are tiny. It is easy enough to mount the foil bolts... but you have to tip the board upside down to extract them which can be slightly annoyinig.


Speaking of the tuttle box, my F4 foil slotted in very snuggly and sits naturally at 2.4 degrees.





Finally the footstrap options... there are a lot of closly packed screw holes which I appreciate. It should be easy to find just the right position for each foot. The front straps also have an inboard and outboard set depending on your preference (and wind strength).


In terms of mounthing the footstraps, For the rear strap I like to spread the strap as wide as possible, so I can slide my foot fore to aft as needed. To do this with the patrik footstraps, I use the widest spacing of the strap holes. I also like to have the rear foot a little further inboard so instead of using the centre screw holes I use the holes closer to the rail, pushing the body of the rear footstrap inboard a few mm.

Unless your wearing booties, for the front straps you will probably need to use the tighter screw hole settings to keep the neoprene tight.


And remeber to mount the clamping plate with the serated side down!


In terms of finish the board is built to a very high standard... However, I noticed a few superficial blemishes in the thicker red paint that are only visible with the light falling at the right angle. I'm not sure but this feels like regular paint not the hydroscopic paint FMX use.




Overall I am very happy with my new purchase and can't wait to try it out this weekend! The design looks aero- and hydro-dynamic with a very flat deck, while the underside still has a decent amount of rocker (probably much less than a formula board though - I'll have to compare one day). There are heaps of footstrap options to test with small increments, with nice quality footstraps included. I'll need to test the new mast track out to find the best position with the most leverage over the 1000mm wide foil nicly matching the 1000mm wide board.

I'll update you with some on-water details soon.

See you on the water!

Great looking board! Interested in your thoughts when you start pushing the limits vs the 91cm.

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aeroegnr said..
Great looking board! Interested in your thoughts when you start pushing the limits vs the 91cm.

And whether you needed to make any changes to rig set up - boom height, etc.

No maiden voyage this weekend. too busy pushing 30knots on my old Phoenix (FMX reborn). I built an Expanded EVA foam nose pad with a 1m2 sheet of 20mm padding for about $30 delivered. Took about 10 sticks of hot melt glue and added just 300g weight bringing the total board to 11.0kg Hopefully I left enough room to walk around.



A cardboard template helps with alignment and symmetry.

Patrik suggested that the V2 was worth the wait. I'm considering the 91. Are you able to compare it to a V1?
are you on Patrik sails too?
The Patrik SF sails are pretty good too. Build is solid and heaps of great details. Slalom Foil 4 cam high aspect. Tried the 6.2 proto with a fin for over 100km. Waiting on a set now LOL will aim to try it on the foil too

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berowne said..
No maiden voyage this weekend. too busy pushing 30knots on my old Phoenix (FMX reborn). I built an Expanded EVA foam nose pad with a 1m2 sheet of 20mm padding for about $30 delivered. Took about 10 sticks of hot melt glue and added just 300g weight bringing the total board to 11.0kg Hopefully I left enough room to walk around.



A cardboard template helps with alignment and symmetry.

You could feather out the edges of the EVA pointing to the mast track so that you don't accidentally trip on the edge during transitions. A few layers of tape on the board to protect it while cutting/sanding the edge until it is feathered out evenly.

I have had the v2 91 for quite some time and love it.





I use it with the foil+ sails



The sails are very flat, once up and running they just keep going. I am waiting for some of the new Patrik Race S2 sails which are dedicated foil slalom sails

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Sailrepair said..
I have had the v2 91 for quite some time and love it.





I use it with the foil+ sails



The sails are very flat, once up and running they just keep going. I am waiting for some of the new Patrik Race S2 sails which are dedicated foil slalom sails

What mast is in it? What size?

I've only had one sail but deep cutouts & short length work well. The colour above is what you get if you ask for a "white board" as I think a mainly
black is an inappropriate colour for where I sail.

I don't think it's finished as well as a kinetic or cobra board but it's light, short & strong. There are some minor paint runs, some surfaces aren't perfect and the bottom logo is a sticker rather than paint.

Sails well but imo priority is 1. pilot, 2. foil, 3. sail then 4. board.

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BSN101 said..

Sailrepair said..
I have had the v2 91 for quite some time and love it.





I use it with the foil+ sails



The sails are very flat, once up and running they just keep going. I am waiting for some of the new Patrik Race S2 sails which are dedicated foil slalom sails

What mast is in it? What size?

I have the 9.0 on a Patrik 520 mast and I have a 8.0 on a Maverx 490. Both sails need a massive 45cm extension.

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Sailrepair said..

BSN101 said..

Sailrepair said..
I have had the v2 91 for quite some time and love it.





I use it with the foil+ sails



The sails are very flat, once up and running they just keep going. I am waiting for some of the new Patrik Race S2 sails which are dedicated foil slalom sails

What mast is in it? What size?

I have the 9.0 on a Patrik 520 mast and I have a 8.0 on a Maverx 490. Both sails need a massive 45cm extension.

It looks terribly flat after seeing them rigged & sailed by Patrik. The SF had plenty of draft.

Plenty of draught on these new ones. Unfortunately it's not mine.


This is the final prototype I believe. 4.2 will be the smallest I was told. Some seriously nice kit from Patrik again this year.

Flat is fast once youre flying..