Sweden Windsurfing Tour 2006

[anonym-anvandare]

Stämmer bra det Stefan. Same same..
Nu är jag inte anonym längre (för en del) – känns modigt!/
MVH Rikard (Fd S-8, TBWA)

[swe-514]

Svaret på frågan (ursprungsinlägget) kanske heter KONA ONE DESIGN????!!!
Enda nackdelen med brädan är att den ej går att få in i en vanlig stationsvagn, men kanske det enda? Det skall vara roligt och okomplicerat, men samtigt skönt och fartigt, till en rimlig kostnad.
The future – revivel of the past!
http://www.exocet-original.com/kona-windsurfing/index_en.asp
MVH /
Rikard (RSX-innehavare) with a twisted head (“Vrickard”):shocked:

[oscar]

Jag har kört Kona med överriggad 5.3. Den är rätt snabb på slören måste jag säga. Lätt att kontrollera och gippar fint. Ska bli kul att testa i lättare vindar.

[swe-514]

Skall bli spännade och höra om lättvindsegenskaperna? Går det att lära barn windsurfa på Konan? Hörde att Lin-Surf skaffat Kona som skolbräda. Fungerar det bra?
Här är ett utdrag från Aerotechs hemsida:
Tom Ingram
Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 46

Ray –

I do have some thoughts on the Kona as a one design:

I would try to make the Kona something akin to a Hobie 16 class – fast and thrilling but not experimental, and something you can use to teach your friends on. Right now we basically only have a formula class, which is more like an Aussie 18 skiff – it is no wonder they aren’t exactly wildly popular. I like formula and think some version of it will be around for a long time to come, but it is not the best racing class for new windsurfing racers, intermediate level windsurfers, or casual racers. I am not sure what the sailboat equivalent of the RSX class is – maybe the Finn class?

Limited one design on the rigs and fins. For example, I would suggest that there be a class sail and a class fin, but that some flexibility would be allowed for people to sail a smaller sized sail or fin, so that if you have a board but not the class sail and want to try racing, or if you are getting overpowered on the class sail and want to keep racing, you can still race without having to buy a second, smaller class legal sail or a second, smaller class fin. So, for example, have a class legal sail of 8.5 and allow any other sail 7.5 and under. Even if this isn’t part of the official class rules I suspect we would end up doing that in Florida. I would also strongly suggest something similar to the Rapidfire 8.0 as the one design sail – that sail worked well on the board for me in 20 knots and I don’t see why it wouldn’t be just fine in subplaning conditions. Having a 2 or 3 cam sail will help the light air performance without making it overly complicated. Also, I think the look of the sail will be very important. It has got to have some color, maybe something like translucent yellow grid around the perimeter with a blue luff sleeve, and Pentex in the middle. The sails of the fleet need to show up in pictures and be distinct from others on the water.

Class fins. Having sailed the board with a Select 56 something-or-other freeride fin, I thought the fin was fine for planing conditions and quite fast considering the size of the board. The fins available on the market generally fall into two camps: production fins around US $125-175 and custom fins at US $350-400. We formula racers have found that the combinations of rake, stiffness, twist, length, profile, and chord make a significant difference in sailing performance. It is cool to engage in the continuous quest for the perfect fin but I don’t want to be doing that on a soft-top board with flowers on it – I just want to screw a fin in with the fat portion going towards the front and go. I think that sort of equipment race will discourage newer racers even if the performance difference between custom fins and other fins is not that much. Again, I would suggest something like a class legal fin of 56cm and an allowance for any other fin 50cm in length or under.

Allow adjustable outhauls but not adjustable downhauls. I really like the lack of a mast track – the design works well without it. Time has shown that adjustable outhauls make a big performance difference and would help reduce the amount of pumping. They are pretty simple to operate once set up. I think an adjustable downhaul is overkill.

Score lightweights separate from the heavyweights. If I were in charge that would be the only two classes I had – let the sport fleet, A fleet, B fleet, women, grand masters, etc. all race together. The culture of “everybody gets a trophy” needs to go. People who run in races or compete in triathlons don’t worry overly much about not getting a trophy. I would much rather have one big fleet and help out the newer folks like during the brief heyday of IMCO.

Allow flexibility on the courses. There has been a fair amount of debate on the beach at Merritt Island about whether a reaching course is more attractive to casual racers. I think with a longer board and centerboard like this that it lends itself to windward leewards – especially since it is pretty quick to tack and accelerate. However, the board reaches very nicely, and it would be fun to mix it up some. The slalom style starts are a lot harder than they look.

Allow for revisions to the board, sail, and fin but post a best-estimate schedule as to when the soonest would be that a revised version would be available. For example, I’d suggest a new sail design in 4 years, a new fin in 3, and the possibility for a new board in 7 years. Durability-related improvements that didn’t change the shape would be excluded from this.
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Tom Ingram