8.0 Sail Testing
Blog by Tom
Photo and Video by Chris Freeman
The last sails to be completed in the 2009 collection are the GPS racing sails. This is because I can't do everything at once, the summer is a good time for sail testing and this way the 2009 GPS is the newest most advanced sail.
Although I spend most of my time on 6.0 and 6.6's we have a full range of sails and this weeks light winds were perfect for testing the big sails. I headed down to Kanaha with Juan and one of the shop's Starboard Futura 144L boards equiped with a 48cm fin. This is a good platform for testing the giants of the range.
When we got there it was a little windier than expected. Captain Greg was on a 7.0, so I rigged an 8.0 whilst skinny little 130lb Juan opted for the 6.0. The wind picked up some more as a rain squall moved in and I hit the water with a slightly over downhauled 8.0. Soon the wind was honking and I was having trouble keeping it all together. I decided to bear off and see just how fast an 8.0 could go. The result was a 30 knot peak speed! Later the software revealed a 30.4 knot peak with a 29.9 knot 100m, not bad for an 8.0 powering a 77cm wide board dragging a 48cm fin!
Tom sails out on the 8.0 GPS 2009
Boy that was a bit windy!
Not Bad for an 8.0, a 144L Futura and a 48cm fin!
Juan all kitted out.
Properly Powered On The 8.
The wind eased a bit and it was back to normal sailing. Chris Freeman was on the beach and took this video with his neat little waterproof camera.
Opps! I guess I did not see the anchor end of the swimming zone line. You can see the floats on the line at the end of the video.
Photo and Video by Chris Freeman
The last sails to be completed in the 2009 collection are the GPS racing sails. This is because I can't do everything at once, the summer is a good time for sail testing and this way the 2009 GPS is the newest most advanced sail.
Although I spend most of my time on 6.0 and 6.6's we have a full range of sails and this weeks light winds were perfect for testing the big sails. I headed down to Kanaha with Juan and one of the shop's Starboard Futura 144L boards equiped with a 48cm fin. This is a good platform for testing the giants of the range.
When we got there it was a little windier than expected. Captain Greg was on a 7.0, so I rigged an 8.0 whilst skinny little 130lb Juan opted for the 6.0. The wind picked up some more as a rain squall moved in and I hit the water with a slightly over downhauled 8.0. Soon the wind was honking and I was having trouble keeping it all together. I decided to bear off and see just how fast an 8.0 could go. The result was a 30 knot peak speed! Later the software revealed a 30.4 knot peak with a 29.9 knot 100m, not bad for an 8.0 powering a 77cm wide board dragging a 48cm fin!
Tom sails out on the 8.0 GPS 2009
Boy that was a bit windy!
Not Bad for an 8.0, a 144L Futura and a 48cm fin!
Juan all kitted out.
Properly Powered On The 8.
The wind eased a bit and it was back to normal sailing. Chris Freeman was on the beach and took this video with his neat little waterproof camera.
Opps! I guess I did not see the anchor end of the swimming zone line. You can see the floats on the line at the end of the video.
posted by Jeffrey, Glenn and Tom at
8/14/2008 09:41:00 AM
2 Comments:
I can believe you sent Juan out on a 6.0 sail, he's only a little tacker! Does Juan ever sail a 6.0?
Laughed my ass of Tom!!
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