Paducah forum posts in last 60 days

Obelix said..
Just bought an 84 front wing.🙂

So I have all three front wings now. Pretty happy about it, as the 76 required 16-17 knots to get up (for me that is). I should be able to get going earlier now.
With 3 wings, should be set up for a few years now

One concern is that the big bolt
holes are not bevelled so the bolt heads stick out a millimetre or so.
Doesn't look like it has a lot of material there to bevel it in.

Also bought a spare fuse, then realised it's shorter than the one I have. I guess it may get handy when/if I try winging.

Chris 249 said..
If we do some research about the physics of planing hulls, then we see that they’ve been well and truly explained since before David Savitsky did his work. We then know that the physics of planing hulls show that a short, wide area of contact with the water is more efficient in terms of lift for drag, because drag drops by the square as width increases. We can see pretty easily that even if the board was only planing on the tiny patches at the back of each “sponson”, then in just about any chop the waves will be hitting the “tunnel” which will increase wetted surface friction.

If we do some research we also find out when guys like Jim Drake created the shift from skinny Capricorn-style narrow boards to the wide style boards that have dominated windsurfer design for the past few decades, it was because they had done the research and knew that for planing, a wide aspect ratio planing surface is generally far more efficient. So if we do our research on the idea, we can see very good reasons to say that it probably won’t work any better than when it was tried about 45 years ago,

jn1 said..
...But, during winter, I should do what a lot of guys do here - go to the gym.

Subsonic said..
It certainly does keep a little bit of light shining on windsurfing (the thing with the kite for my non sailing friends).

i too love getting out on the iq when the breeze isn’t ballistic. Its the third fastest VMG sailing method for going up and down the river where i am.