Hey folks, just needing some advice on stepping down a sail size for these great seabreezes, they just blow too hard for me (65kgs) on the 5.0m

looking through the buy and sell, seeing a few 4.5's and 4.7's. Would I be safe going for a 4.7 if I'm overpowered on a 5.0?

James.

Thanks Pug, looking closely at a few sails

I am 65kgs and my most used sail is a 5m. I use this sail in 18-23knots. I then use a 4.2m in 20-30knots. Sometimes I wish I had a sail to fill in between the 4.2m and 5m like a 4.5m or 4.7m?
I also have a 5.7m which I use in 15-20knots.
As Pugs said modern sails have big range.
In true 25knots+ I stuggle to hang onto the 4.2m and thats downhauled and outhauled to the max Once again I need a 3.7m for those ballistic days
But that requires getting a mast and boom to suit meaning more $$$ and only using it a handful of times every year

Hi Edge, what kind of sailing are we talkin? flat or wave? I would recommend a more recent 5.0 sail and just giving it heaps of downhaul

hi again james.

i'm around the 65kg mark like you and my smallest sail is a Neilpryde 2000 core wave 5.0 and i sail that in high winds. from what i have sailed myself, i think that wave sails are much nicer to sail especially in high winds. i think that a newer sail defently would help a lot though. 2000+ mabey.

i did considder getting a 4.5 to 4.7 at one stage but thought there wouldnt be much point because im still having a great time out there when i am over powered.

i find i get along fine with a 5.0 in 15 to 17 or 18 knots and then when it gets any more dan that i get a bit outa control. but that doesnt bother me enough to have to spend another 3 or 4 hundred dollars. but i think that if you were going to get a new sail i would get a newer 5.0 (2000+ like a said before).

what othe sail sizes have you got? how much bigger are they if u got any others?

hope dis helps
bubs

Edge the 4.7 is too small a jump, unless you plan to buy a new 5.3.
I'm 68 and mainly use a 5.3 and 4.7 for wave sailing I use the 5.3 between 12 and 20knts the 4.7 between 18 and 25. For blasting around add 5 knts to those figures, (I go for control over power when wave riding, and speed for blasting).
If you're going to stick with a 5 go 4.5 for the next sail down.

Does QLD get 45 knots?

Hello from New England. I just want to put in a quick reply to the thread and come back later. I sail overpowered often. You can get used to it. I find I prefer it to being left slogging or stuck in a lull. It's a question of added skills. I'm firmly convinced that throwing money at a problem in this sport never solves it.

Cheers guys, went for a 5.0m 2003 neil pryde zone at a nice price that I picked up from the buy and sell section here

Rigged her up quickly tonight and she really perls off the head when its downhauled hard, should be great for me in those overpowered sessions I had with the old tushingham.

Out to have a sail tomorrow, plus I'm taking a trip south this weekend - should have a sail at safety bay on the way down to bunbury.

James.

Thanks WSguy, but that should have been pearls or pearling

got out today and had a fantastic time at lucky bay, cranked the downhaul on as I felt overpowered, brilliant!

Funny you should ask that nebbian. A similar discussion was had on rec.windsurfing a few months ago. I think the general conclusion was they are 2 seperate terms. You're right about the surfing term pearldiving - pearling meaning to nose dive on take off.
Here's what my online dictionary has to say about the other.

"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Purl Purl, v. i. imp. & p. p. Purled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Purling. Cf. Sw. porla, and E. pur to murmur as a cat.
1. To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among
stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a
murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through
obstructions.
1913 Webster

Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills,
Louder and louder purl the falling rills. --Pope.
1913 Webster

2. Perh. fr. F. perler to pearl, to bead. See Pearl, v. &
n. To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl;
to mantle.
1913 Webster

thin winding breath which purled up to the sky.
--Shak.
1913 Webster

"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Purling Purl"ing, n. See 3d Purl.
The motion of a small stream running among obstructions;
also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
1913 Webster