a priori, Patrick diethelm !!!

Merci j'avais loupé ce post

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F607 SLYSURF:
FW F160-2006-/-RRD X-Fire 108 V9 LTD-2018 -/- Tabou 3S 96l/2012 -/-Haléakala 69 -/-DEBOICHET R13Soft+70+4.-/-SL2 34/30-/-SL4.. 36. FOIL AFS
voiles:Challenger-Sail Aero+ 11-2010
Loft Blade Racing 2011-9.5/7.8 et 7.0-2012-/-Loft O2-2011 5.9/5.2-/-Loft Lip Wave-2008/2009 4.7/4.3

Vmax FW 31.7knts & 5x10sec 30.8knts
Slalom Vmax 35.11knts et 5x10sec 33.45knts

Finally did the shake down!!!!

Today forecast was good for Fw.Around 12k.
Light wind and nearly flat water.
Just a bit scared of North (cold) wind because it can quickly increase and bring some swell but this time I was lucky and everything has gone smooth.

180 cm and around 80 kg.
6 years of FW experience.
NP rs:r 10,7 evo I (the biggest sail size so far) rigged on a "special" Reptile.
Fin:Birdi custom 70m.I know,need couple of new ones!
Mast base:136 (written in the board mast base scale)
Boom:eyes height

I'm not a super quick "planner" and 10-11k are poor for a 10,7 BUT after some "pumping" the board reacted super fast to my input and blasted away.
Compared to the Starboard (any of them) I needed less "shoots" to keep going (carbon stffness and lighter weight helps).
I was alone with FW so it's almost not possible to say if I was pointing high (or higher than my ex-Starboard).Plus no marks around.
An inappropriated sail size,a fin ever used on the board,wind swirlings don't allow me to say too much.
Just the rail allows you for a strong bite,you can highly charge the fin and accellerate (even if,just very first impression,you don't really need to super charge it to lift the nose).
The board sails FLAT.I had to work out a bit with the footstraps width but no way to "rail" it up.Found the back foot rail area/edge a bit uncomfy but very use-help/full.Never give up when the chop crosses under the board hull because you can alway rely on the very sharp and high downwind rail.
Please note that I didn't sailed FW since late august so I needed to "warm up" a bit before pushing the gas pedal.
Even if the board sails flat it never slow down while pointing.Ok,wind was light but the nose stayed always in the right way.No low nor high.
Downwind it was joy.Just release the OH and run as fast as you can!!Deep angle (even with small sail!!!!!) and high speed.Couldn't believe that.NEVER TOUCHED the chop back shoulder.Super satisfied of that.
Just choose your track ans push downwind.Had the 2 chickens set in the board but never felt the need of it.
Tacks were easy.Correct amount of deck area/volume.
Gybes weren't super smooth (because light wind and because of me!!).

to be continued...

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Foil équipement:: Tribal - Loke

back from another Fw session and I just want post my high satisfaction about the board.

really super

ciao!

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Foil équipement:: Tribal - Loke