Goya custom 3 seems quite good. Otherwise, anything that can be used as a tri or single will work. A friend of mine uses twins here, I use a twin too. Works fine. A lot of it has to do with the attitude of the sailor ;) !

What months do you have in mind? What do you like to sail here?

Haven't decided yet but anytime between October to May for 2-3 months. I heard its always windy there but high season starts April. April would be too late for me so i am thinking October-December Vietnam and February-April Dominik.

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Mark _australia said..
^^^ are you sure?

In 1988 somebody on a plastic board mentioned the waves were fast there compared to Hatteras.

Yeah he's skinny the extra volume will help him recover easily from mistakes. It's a reasonably early planning board with good speed for a wave board and he can potentially get access to one.

Mark.
Logo high waves in the Inland sea?
Are sail logos now below the boom?
Just kidding.
No need for a real wave board in side onshore reef break.

LeeD, I mentioned three times already on this topic, but again, i will use this board mostly (90%) when i travel abroad to Vietnam, Cabarete, Mauritius etc... up to 4mt (mast high for Americans who are unaware of IU) waves come often in Vietnam which will be my primary travel location in winter. But i stay in the lagoon on these days as i have no intention to destroy my kit, probably wont be able to go past the white wash anyway. 2mt max if i dare and smaller waves are my target for now.

Onshore mush, no need for a proper wave board.

Shows your wave sailing knowledge, doesn't it?

All depend of your expectation I think and what you want to do. It's a fact that older Goya one...labeled fsw are waveboard and good "real world wave" board. I think you have to go in 2017 to have less than 86L?

If you are more backfooted a fsw will be very good, have a lot of speed and will pivot under your backfoot. If you want to go vertical and rail to rail, you have to go full on wave!

I'm 160 or 72kg and I now have a 82L wave board since 2019 and I sold ny 76 since I don't use it anymore...or barely used it. If you travel to cabarete, you need big board, if you travel where there is beach break and no easy exit, you will need L. Think about that.

Yes, a floaty wave board is a very good travel board to have.
I spend about 6 weeks a year in eastern Puerto Rico.
I have a 100 liter freeride there right now. Close, but not quite perfect.

I noticed that weight maters quit allot. One of the windsurfers at my place is also a light weight <70 kg. He gets planing very early even with smaller boards. I wonder when can you get planing with the 85 liter on flat water and what is your biggest sail with this board?

I weight about 85 kg and have a quatro cube 90 (2014). For me this is a one board solution.
If I had 2 boards I would probable have 95liter and 80-85 liter board at my weight.
I have never sailed in ideal conditions so it is good to have some extra float and extra power in the sail.

In general if the conditions for wave riding are ideal you can get away with smaller gear I think. If the conditions are not it is good to have some extra float and extra sail power. I do have the idea for real wave riding it is modern to have a bigger board and a relatively small sail.

For high wind with 3.7 and 4.2 I think you should look at something closer to 65-70 liters at your weight.

Yes, i enjoy being lightweight at light winds :) but opposite at strong winds. My biggest combo was 105 fox and 6.5 gator, i did plane at 12-13kts (measured 20mt above sea level, top of sail boat mast), at flat water. If i can plane, i can olso waterstart easily since i like the boom hight at my chest/shoulders, which is low 1/5th of the sleeve opening usually.

My biggest sail for 85lt is 5.5m, but i never used it on flat water, i guess i can go up to 6.0 at flat water (limited by back foot pressure, not weight). To be honest I don't know exact wind speeds i go out at, but i am pretty accurate at which sail to chose. I guess i would be planing at 16-17kts with that combo, but i can get advantage from even the smallest wave (15-20cm) to get into planing with a little pumping, even if its dead onshore. Being lightweight helps even more to utilize the very small waves, and its a big factor to get into planing, for me at least since i don't have good pumping skills. Flat water should be same wind speeds i guess.

Yes, 65lt would be the next step, but it is in custom territory (some brands do kids boards as well). I may go for it when i have the skills to do justice to a custom board. Or maybe won't need to, lets see how 75lt does, and maybe i will gain some muscle mass till then. Olso conditions are not ideal, gusty and no clean face waves. If i get good, i will add Cape Verde to travel points, where conditions are ideal, then 65lt would be a no brainer.

Forgot to mention, used 5.5m on 85lt with a 28cm freeride single fin.