hypersonic 105L - Page 2

Lessacher · 16th February 2008, 11:44 PM

Hallo Roger! Dieter used F2 Thommen 270 with Stealth 7.0m²
Robert used at Jan.21 Tabou Manta 49cm with Vapor 5.5 topspeed
was 39,7knots. My topspeed with Hypersonic 105 was 32 knots , fin
was 28cm Duo Weed. Sail was with 7,6 m to big. Wolfgang

Roger · 17th February 2008, 10:12 PM

Hello Wolfgang,
Yes, that's what I was thinking.
The Hypersonic, (which is the board that Raggy is asking about) needs a little more fin span than the F2 Thommen and Tabou Manta (49 cm wide) because the Hypersonic is much wider.
You might get away with a fin smaller than the 28 on the Hypersonic, but you'd have to really stay "off" the fin, especially when getting the board to light up.
For Raggy,
I just noticed that you are asking about the 6.6 and 5.6 m2 rigs on a Sonic 85.
For that board, I think Wolfgang's recommendations on the fins Dieter and Robert used would be applicable to your Sonic 85.
The Hypersonic, with a 7.5 m2 rig, would require at least the 28 cm Duo Weed and you could probably get even more speed with a 28-30 cm 15 deg. LE speed fin.
Hope this helps

Jean-Marc · 20th February 2008, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raggy

the thing is that when I beach start it tends to round up on me.
once on the plain wow its fantastic.

Raggy,

Please check out a short movie while beach starting the HS105.

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=pbsdR59Ogcs

You can see at 00:02 that the board tends to point upwind too much. The reason is that I had just a tad too much heel pressure on the windward rail, thus banking the hull upwind. I compensate this luffing up by tilting the rig a bit forward and keep the board as flat as possible.
Having started the planing and just after stepping my front foot into the front footstrap at 00:08, I moved my back foot outboard just in front of the back strap but with a tad too much heel pressure on the windward rail at 00:09, which makes the board quickly luffs upwind again.

So the best advice is try to keep the board as flat as possible on the water when starting the planing. Try to avoid banking the board with heel pressure.

Cheers !

JM

Philip · 22nd February 2008, 04:56 AM

JM, outstanding videos on that link. The slalom vid. embodies what for me is the essence of WS. Sound track is a perfect match too.

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16th February 2008, 11:44 PM	#11
Lessacher Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 96	Hallo Roger! Dieter used F2 Thommen 270 with Stealth 7.0m² Robert used at Jan.21 Tabou Manta 49cm with Vapor 5.5 topspeed was 39,7knots. My topspeed with Hypersonic 105 was 32 knots , fin was 28cm Duo Weed. Sail was with 7,6 m to big. Wolfgang

17th February 2008, 10:12 PM	#12
Roger Dream Team - School Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,060	Hello Wolfgang, Yes, that's what I was thinking. The Hypersonic, (which is the board that Raggy is asking about) needs a little more fin span than the F2 Thommen and Tabou Manta (49 cm wide) because the Hypersonic is much wider. You might get away with a fin smaller than the 28 on the Hypersonic, but you'd have to really stay "off" the fin, especially when getting the board to light up. For Raggy, I just noticed that you are asking about the 6.6 and 5.6 m2 rigs on a Sonic 85. For that board, I think Wolfgang's recommendations on the fins Dieter and Robert used would be applicable to your Sonic 85. The Hypersonic, with a 7.5 m2 rig, would require at least the 28 cm Duo Weed and you could probably get even more speed with a 28-30 cm 15 deg. LE speed fin. Hope this helps

22nd February 2008, 04:56 AM	#14
Philip Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 157	JM, outstanding videos on that link. The slalom vid. embodies what for me is the essence of WS. Sound track is a perfect match too.