gps-speedsurfing
Martin van Meurs

  • woensdag 15 februari 2006
  • Netherlands


  • Max. 2 sec.
  • 81,5kmh
Gemiddelde snelheid
74,08  ( 78,6 74,4 73,7 73,1 70,6 )
  • 100 m run
  • 79,9kmh
  • 250 m run
  • 78,2kmh
  • 500 m run
  • 0kmh
  • Nautische mijl
  • 0kmh
  • 1 uur
  • 0kmh
  • Afstand
  • 0km
  • Windsnelheid
  • 20 - 30knots

Lucky once again. The wind dropped very quick though, on top of that the angle got worse every run. Every single run got slower, but it was a nice trainig session anyway.

The new Stealth rocks! Its so much easier on the hands. Its a completely different and much easier sail to use, especially for normal weight sailors. By far the best I've ever used. I used an excessive amount of negative outhaul to compensate for the moderate windspeed for this size, and it worked quite nicely indeed. The first and only well powered run felt very smooth and it shows on the track. I'm very happy with that. Last years sail had a very on-of feel and you could only overcome this by using sheer force. Of course you will loose out against big guys like Finian or Bjorn since a rope pulling contest will always be won by them. However, this years sail has got a much more delicate feel, I like it...a lot!

The new sails have got a substantially lower COE. We decided to build boards with a very loose feeling to compensate for the amount of downforce. I think we hit the right button. The single concave helps to give it a locked in feeling, but the board never sticks to the water. Its real easy to sail on the tail all the time.
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