last week on the river, seabreeze dropped from 15/18 knots to 12/14 SW according

to graph around 5.30pm.

i stopped planing on my 6.7m code red + f2 110 litre,swapped the 6.7m over to my

superlight 7.5kg 150 litre fanatic[75 wide]and sailed for another half hour,not

falling off plane once.

a very large + light board, can make a huge difference to planing threshold.

interestingly i tried another fanatic 150 litre with much larger fin, but around 1kg

heavier than mine the same day and i could hardly get going.

little downhaul + max negative outhaul are essential.

article in starboard forum from german magazine, longer formula style boards plane

quicker than the shorter version.

Date:.............7 Aug 2010
Board:...........JP SUP 11'8"
Sails:............ NP 2005 Search 4.5
Wind speed:....10-12 knots
2 Sec:............7.353
5x10 Sec........5.514
Alpha 500.......4.806
Venue............Shoalwater

First and only sailing session on the SUP so far should have rigged bigger

i think this is my pb on my light wind gear - i didnt have a 12.0 at the time...

Date:.............8th August 2009
Board:...........Starboard 161
Sails:............ NP RS Racing 10.7
Wind speed:....10-15knots
2 Sec:............27.85
5x10 Sec........25.34
Alpha 500.......15.8
Venue........... Botany - not on the runway / speed strip..

my best sessions have been on this setup, you dont want to blink when you get a formula board lit up

Might be disqualified for not being over 130l but, this is probably my most efficient session not including formula gear:
gpsteamchallenge.com.au/sailor_session/show?date=2008-10-10&team=5

Kyeemagh, 15 knots easterly, 18 knot gusts, lots of holes.
Loft O2 7.4, Starboard S-Type 126, 40cm Curtis fin

2s peak 29.442
5x10 s 26.405
1hr 15.545
alpha 18.468
nm 22.895
dist 56.17

Date:.............15/09/2010
Boards:...........JP SLW 154L
Sails:............ NP RS6 7.8m
Wind speed:....10-19knots
2 Sec:............25.916knots
5x10 Sec........24.427
Alpha 500.......18.755

Oh yeah baby

Any day sailing is a good day

Any day sailing where you don't have to chug or swim even better still

I have yet to use the OEM fin, way to much snot in the water, been using (shock horror gasp) 50cm Leading edge formula weedy

Date:.............29/09/2010
Boards:...........JP SLW 154L
Sails:............ NP RS6 7.8m
Wind speed:....10-17knots
2 Sec:............26.237knots
5x10 Sec........24.039
Alpha 500.......16.639




9 sessions this month, mostly on light wind kit

Smug mode engaged

Date:.............2 Oct 2010
Board:...........StarB Hypersonic 105
Sails:............ Arrows 9m
Wind speed:....8-15 knots
2 Sec:............22.88
5x10 Sec........18.02
Alpha 500.......11.86
Venue............Melville

Date:.............07/10/2010
Boards:...........JP SLW 154L
Sails:............ NP Helium 8.5
Wind speed:....10-15knots
2 Sec:............22.2knots
5x10 Sec........20.52
Alpha 500.......13.39

I borrowed my mates 7.2 Neil pryde rs last winter and used it with my jp excite 120 litre board and i was so amazed how much faster my board was in 10-15 knots. I normally use a 6.6 cam sail. I felt like i was doing the same speeds i normally do when the water is choppy and blowing 25-30 knots.. The power and speed of the sail just blew me away, was so amazed. I am prettty sure i was doing 30 knots or close to it. I love light wind speed sailing it can be alot of fun if you have the right gear. You dont need it to be blowing a gale every time you want to have fun speedsailing, thats so 1990s to think like that

Any one got a cheap 7.5 m cam sail for sale???