Re: Concerns about Fat Mutant/New boards

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Date: Sat Apr 08 2000 - 12:16:10 PDT


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Subject: Re: Concerns about Fat Mutant/New boards
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In a message dated 4/8/00 11:58:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
BPerry@nrtnorcal.com-DeleteThis writes:

> 1. On my older boards, I'm able to rest my boom on the tail end of the
> board. (A nice feature when setting up for a water start, waiting for that
> gust of wind). However, on the Mutant the only way I can achieve this is
by
> running the mast full forward (which I'm told you don't want to do on this
> board) and lowering the boom to near stomach level. My thought is, that
I'm
> too tall for this board (6'3"). However, ASD tells me that most new boards
> have a short tail end, that design allows you to sail more on the fin,
which
> is why you can sail a wider board in higher winds.

I think this is typical for the newer fatter shorter boards... it's the price
you pay for having a higher volume board that performs better over a broad
range.

> 2. On my one and only "plane" that lasted for 30 seconds, I noticed I
> couldn't rake the sail back as far as I usually do. I had to keep the sail
> near upright the whole time, which is not comfortable sailing. (I think
this
> was due to the lousy wind conditions)

Sounds like you were marginally powered and would have killed you barely
planing speed by getting any further back on the board. I wouldn't draw a
conclusion.

Peter



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