Here are three developments in our sport which I am
following with interest, quite impatient to see how they pan out.
The first development is the Heru/Challenger soft sail. This came out a while ago but outside of
Challenger’s site I don’t find info or reviews.
I am always interested by equipment claimed by the developer to be both easier
and faster on the water. The developers of
these sails claim exactly that.
The second development is Mistral’s new VRTS boards which I
did a recent post about. As I said in
the post, let’s hear from someone outside of Mistral about how these boards
perform.
The third thing is Patrik’s new hollow board line. Steve Allen won the Australian Formula
competition on Patrik’s hollow Formula v4 board. Please find visuals online. It looks sweet and is apparently a lot
lighter than current formula boards. Nice!
The Internet has a few pictures of the hollow slalom boards
– just look for the large drainage plug at the back. Come on Patrik, put them on your site!
What I would like to do in the next post is to explore a
solution for an easy-to-sail, light wind board which is super fast. I have an old Zajicek designed board which is
90cm wide, super easy and flies with a 7.8m camless sail or a 10m race
sail. You only need to swap the fin
(49cm, 65cm). This board is such fun and
so incredibly capable that I wondered if we have a modern equivalent on the
market. I want to discuss some of the
candidates and hopefully come up with a dream lightwind board.
Good winds
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