So the conditions get a bit light and fickle do change your sail and use a bigger sail on your windy conditions board or do you use your windy conditions sail and change your board to a large board? Or just dog around and hope the wind picks up.

Whinge and tell everyone how bad it is.

But seriously - depends if waves or not and how big. If its a perfect riding day I may stay on the waveboard with bigger sail, but if waves are not that good and I am not planing I will definitely go FSW, big fin, and big sail to be sure to get going.

You get your hands on a Rider 100+ Quad and sail it all the time!
It Rocks!
Woohoo!

Assuming you are wave sailing I'd hang on to the smaller sail and grab a bigger board. There is nothing like light wind wave sailing!

Confusious say get out on the water either way
All depends on how you want to play
As long as you can watch a kite fall out of the sky, its a belight, then youve got it right

I only wavesail and use 5.3 for 90% or sailing. I'm 90kg and have my 100L for light winds up to say a constant 20 knots, then change boards to 87 quad for windier than that. 4.7 comes out occasionally but only ever on the small board.

Light wind wavesailing it my favourite kind. I don't think anyone needs bigger than a 5.3. I think board size is much more important

I was curious as I've always gone the small board big sail option, until last year when I went a big board and was surprised how mobile I was on a 5.3 and big quad boards are still controllable when the wind picks up. I stupidly sold my big board(as it was too close in volume to my 90 litre board), but have made lao shi very happy.

big board big sail combo worls well

i reckon 50% of my sailing is 6.2 and 90 litre board.

after getting off a 7.5 m freeride sail ( which i love) the 6.2 feels tiny
here is some 6.2 90 litre board action from easter in 15 knots

Is 90L big?

Just hang on and hope it kicks back in...but then again I only have one board

A lot of people round here have been going bigger and bigger with both board and sails and they're quite happy. Bigger wave gear seems to be working way better these days than it used to.

I would go for a bigger board first, easier and faster then rigging up again. Think everyone has heard, pick a sail for the gusts and a board for the lulls..

just own one board, then the decision is easy.

Neck 2 or 3 west coast coolers and choke the chicken over a bras n things catalogue

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eyeMhardcor said..

Neck 2 or 3 west coast coolers and choke the chicken over a bras n things catalogue

Each to his own if thats what you do then thsts what you do. I gave you a green thumb

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eyeMhardcor said...
Neck 2 or 3 west coast coolers and choke the chicken over a bras n things catalogue

Haha fullll powaaaaa

Yeah Matt totally agree big board/sail 101L NUEVO & 6.2 BLADE awesome light wind combo
and still good when it kicks in, finding a big wind range from this set up love the powaaaaa.

10-15kts



or BLACK BOX 107L Floats and is as stable as a wind sup but planes and is loose as.
super fun in onshore 2/3ft mush as well.

you buy that 107 blackbox finno? would be good on the lighter days up our way

Yeah Chris got it for Queensland summer 5-15kts 2ft conditions we get most days,
fins that came with are amazing in cross on, put some racked backed old delta fins in for cross off and works well to.

Will have it at caloundra bar tomorrow if you wants a spin.

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P.C_simpson said..

I would go for a bigger board first, easier and faster than rigging up again.
Think everyone has heard, pick a sail for the gusts and a board for the lulls..

I agree about changing boards, I have a 9'5", 130l SUP for that purpose.
My sailing is a more longboard than Shane's.

No I had not heard that aphorism, thank you for that..

big boards are the go. they have come a long way in the last 2 years and wave ride amazingly

i run a 5.5 and my 110 nuevo 8-18 knots then change down to my my 92 pyramid thruster when the wind fills in. i do understand about rigging up to a 6.2 if i could plane but don't do it very often unless the waves are small or crap. but 90% of east coast sailing is float and ride.(i don't live at gerroa) so i prefer the smallest sail i can get waves easily on.

last season i ran 1 board and 2 sails which was perfect until i rode my 92 which screwed everything.
I'm now trying to minimise my gear again. but now with 2 boards.

in a ideal world i would just weigh 65kgs and all my gear would be small but unfortunately that will never be.

^how much do you weigh?

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bowsa said...
^how much do you weigh?

97kgs.

Avoid indecision and save space in the shed. Use the same board and sail in everything.