Re: Light wind sail for lil' sailor

From: emanon (randlecl@pacbell.net-DeleteThis)
Date: Wed Apr 22 1998 - 20:11:33 PDT

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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 20:11:33 -0700
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Martin Frankel wrote:
>
> So Darin found a 4/3 Wetsuit at the Boardsports Marin sale this
> weekend, and now she has another question which she wanted me to ask
> in the correct "windsurf-equipment-geek" terms.
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for a light, easy-handling sail, 6.0
> or 6.2, for a small woman? Darin found my Delta3 6.5 to be very heavy
> (in fact I'd prefer a lighter sail myself). She also tried a 3-cam
> 6.2 race sail which was much lighter but difficult to handle due to
> cams & luff sleeve. She's excited to use a big sail because she can
> plane in virtually no wind, but neither of those sails did it for her.
> We've been looking at swap meets, but it seems that in the used
> market, big gear = race gear.
>
> Another problem she's having is that she's always putting the boom at
> the very bottom of the opening, and even then it's sometimes too high
> (she's 5'2"). I don't know if there's much she can do about that
> except get a custom sail. ($$$)
>
> Any recommendations for Darin? In particular, something that she
> might be able to find on the used market?
>
> Thanks all,
> --
> Martin Frankel |||| mdf@sgi.com-DeleteThis |||| (650)933-6191
>
> P.S. What's up with this obsession with race gear? Are windsurfers
> masochists? Does your average Joe or Jane Sailor really get anything
> out of that third or fourth cam? :)

martin-

hot spiderlok 5.9, powerful, light, easy to rig and handle lots of
range. available at windsports in san rafael.

larry

-- I was beginning to feel like a machine. That's no way for a man to feel.

John Shaft

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