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Need advice to make the board fly on fin.
Stopped wingfoiling, want to try speed freeride for lightwinds. Never used slalom board or cammed sails before so got a freerace board, tried it today with a wave sail, boards nose was sticking a lot when sail was not powered up, it was ok when powered. Footstraps are back, mast track all the way back, boom 5cm higher than my normal.95lt 61cm, 32cm g10, 5.5m, 16-18kt, 62kg
I am planning to get a 6.0 freerace sail as well, but i am a bit confused, would that sail would make it stick even more?
Or should i change the fin? In what way?
Thanks in advance
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You cannot tell much from using a wavesail. A proper race sail will have a more locked in feeling and provide more backfoot pressure etc. Everything moved well back is the way to, then raise the boom to reduce the mastfoot pressure etc. You will always need a high speed to fly of the fin, fairly flat water and a good enough fin etc. On a 95 liter board I don't think that you will fly off the fin until you are above at least 25knots, and then it only gets better from there, lean back and enjoy the ride!
Oh, and be careful with wingfoilers, you will sail much faster than them and they do need a fair bit of safety distance. More so than with other windsurfers, in my experience.
