Re[2]: did you ever use a 4.2 sail in the BA?

From: Geoffrey Boehm (Geoffrey.Boehm@wj.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Fri Jul 11 1997 - 08:16:31 PDT 

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From: Geoffrey.Boehm@wj.com-DeleteThis (Geoffrey Boehm)
Subject: Re[2]: did you ever use a 4.2 sail in the BA?
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     Dear Vlad,
     
     Don't listen to Kirk - he must have a 2.8 he wants to sell you. I
     weigh 160, and use my 3.5 only once or twice a year (though I must
     admit I have sailed some 3.0 days). A 4.0 is as small a sail as you
     should need, though it will be overpowered on occasion. The board, on
     the other hand, is too big.
     
     I suggest you wait until you get here to buy anything. Equipment goes
     on sale around September, as the season ends sometime in October.

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Subject: Re: did you ever use a 4.2 sail in the BA?
Author: Kirk Lindstrom <kirk_69@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis> at INTERNET
Date: 7/11/97 6:30 AM

Hi Vlad,
     
Get a 3.7 and 3.3 for sure and possibly a 2.8. People your size find
there is enough wind on most days to make a 267cm board their regualr
board and go smaller when it gets windy.
     
I'm 230#, sail 267, 274,285 and 289cm boards and have been really glad I
had my 4.1 sail with the 267cm board. The day I sailed the 4.1, I would
have been better off with a 3.7 too.
     
I usually sail a 5.5 or 6.5 these days and go for just enough flotation
boardwise to work, but often we get more wind.
     
Enjoy your stay!
     
Kirk out
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm new in this list and like to introduce myself. I'm Germany now
> but I will go to Berkeley for one year in August. I got a postdoc
> position at International Computer Science Institute and hope to windsurf
> in the BA at weekends.
>
> What do you think, will I (150 lbs, Board: Fanatic Bee 294MS) need a 4.2
> sail there or my two slalom sails 5.4 and 6.7 are enough for the average wind
      

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