Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA01131; Fri, 19 May 1995 10:23:00 -0700 Return-Path: <jrunge@netcom.com-DeleteThis> Received: from netcom4.netcom.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA036644181; Fri, 19 May 1995 10:23:02 -0700 Received: by netcom4.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id KAA21624; Fri, 19 May 1995 10:18:40 -0700 From: jrunge@netcom.com-DeleteThis (Jay Runge) Message-Id: <199505191718.KAA21624@netcom4.netcom.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: 6.+ sail recomendations To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 10:18:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9505191623.AA00143@petunia.Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis> from "Andrew Davidson" at May 19, 95 09:27:56 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1178
> After being skunked wed. at coyote point, I have decided it is time
> to buy a big sail. By big, I mean something around 6.0. (I already
> have a 5.3) My question is, given I weight 190lbs, and that my big
> board is 125l. What should I get?
>
> All of my current sails are wave sails. I assume that it probably does
> not make much sense to get a wave sail this big? What size would you
> recommend. Can anyone recommend a brand/model? (All of my current sails
> are waddel)
>
> Most importantly, anyone know where I can a sail at a good price this
> time of year?
>
I am a believer that the bigger sails should have lots of camber inducers
and lots of monofilm. They glide through the lulls better, have better
range in the gusts, etc.
I weigh 200, my biggest sail is a 6.2 race. If I sailed Berkeley more,
my biggest sail would be a 6.8 race, but at Coyote that is not usually
necessary (leave this season out of it).
Why Yes! I do have a 6.2 for sale, thanks for asking. Windwing race 6.2
2 years old, good shape, very fast, about $165 or so. I also have a 5.7
race for sale.
I am going to sell these sails at the Rio swap meet tomorrow, sat may 20th.
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