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joe_windsurfer · 10th June 2011, 02:22 PM

hello:

i actually use a 40 cm fin with my 7-oh
as a heavyweight, i really like this combination
so, ideally, even for myself , i would choose under 40 cm fin for 6.5 in an ideal world, butt since i have the 40, i would use that

since you are 40 kg lighter than me, i imagine under 40 cm would be great also
perhaps 38 cm fin, if there is such a thing ??
i find a bigger fin with a small sail is okay until the wind picks up
then the board gets too much lift and creates issues of "control"
people do not seem to pay enough attention to the board, sail AND fin combination
some speed sailors have dozens of fins - to get just the right feel for the combination and for the day's conditions

roger: is there a "significant" difference between 38 and 42 cm for a lightweight like the "lady" here ??

http://joewindsurfer.blogspot.com/2008/09/fins.html

10th June 2011, 02:22 PM	#5
joe_windsurfer Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Montréal (PQ) CANADA Posts: 196	hello: i actually use a 40 cm fin with my 7-oh as a heavyweight, i really like this combination so, ideally, even for myself , i would choose under 40 cm fin for 6.5 in an ideal world, butt since i have the 40, i would use that since you are 40 kg lighter than me, i imagine under 40 cm would be great also perhaps 38 cm fin, if there is such a thing ?? i find a bigger fin with a small sail is okay until the wind picks up then the board gets too much lift and creates issues of "control" people do not seem to pay enough attention to the board, sail AND fin combination some speed sailors have dozens of fins - to get just the right feel for the combination and for the day's conditions roger: is there a "significant" difference between 38 and 42 cm for a lightweight like the "lady" here ?? http://joewindsurfer.blogspot.com/2008/09/fins.html __________________ joe windsurfer @ 100 kg 2006 AHD type-F FF 160/79cm, 2002 BIC Techno Formula + 2000 Fanatic BEE 124 LTD Gaastra Flow 3x 7.0, MS MS-2 8.0, TR4 10.0 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.