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Challenger FLUIDO SOFT WING

April 8, 2015 By Claes Leave a Comment

Challenger FLUIDO SOFT WING

Challenger Soft Wing 2015

Challenger Soft Wing 2015

Miriam Rasmussen – Ambassador Challenger Sails, have tested the all new sail concept Challenger FLUIDO SOFT WING. The soft Wing is a camber free sail with a very stable wingprofile. According to the Challenger team riders the FLUIDO SOFT WING is really light and easy to handle with smoth/easy rotation and without the camber-hassle on a traditional full on slalom sail.

Read the full story about the Challenger FLUIDO SOFT WING on Miriam Rasmussens web miriamrasmussen.com.

FLUIDO SOFT WING – Sizes and Prices

The Soft Wing is produced in three different sizes, 6.0 (Mast 430), 7.0 (Mast 460) and 8.0 (Mast 490) and the prices range between Euro 680-780.

Update: As per today 2017/2018 the Challenger FLUIDO SOFT WING is out of market, however Wing concepts keep popping up on the market. Read our article about the all new Wingsail for windsurfing.

How to rig the Challenger FLUIDO SOFT WING

FLUIDO SOFT WING – How to set up the wingprofile

Filed Under: Rigging instruction, Tuning and Rigging, Windsurfing Sails Tagged With: Challenger sails, FLUIDO SOFT WING, Miriam Rasmussen, Sail, Slalom, Speed, Windsurfing

Windsurfing Fins – How do I choose the right fin-quiver

July 11, 2014 By Claes Leave a Comment

Windsurfing Fins – How do I choose the right fin-quiver

Windsurfing fins – A one fin quiver just won’t do the trick

Black Project Type R Freerace/Slalom fin

Black Project Type R Slalom fin on our Starboard Futura

The average windsurfer tend to have a one board quiver, with other words it’s crucial to o find the golden compromise to get as much hours on the water as possible. The modern freeride and freerace boards are pretty good at handling various conditions and the wind range is far better than it used to be. What many windsurfers forgets is that in order to release the full wind range / potential of a board, a one fin quiver just won’t do the trick.

 

Choose the right fin quiver – Your wind range will improve massively

The fin supplied with your freeride/freerace board is great to start with, however upgrading with one or two extra fins will release the full wind range / potential of your board. The larger fin will give you the extra lift you need for early planning and keeping you planning through wind holes. The smaller fin you can use for maxed out conditions, extra control and improved top-speed. A set of high quality premium-fins will (most probably) give you improved acceleration and top-speed.

Freeride and Freerace fins – Mix and match – easier said than done

Black Project Freeride windsurfing fin

Black Project Freeride fin on our Starboard Futura

It´s important to keep in mind that different brands will differ a lot when it comes to sizes vs performance/characteristics. For example, the Drake fin supplied with Starboard Futura is an excellent freerace fin designed by C3, however to match the Drake fin with a smaller and a larger fin (+/- 2-3 cm) from another brand could be easier said than done.

If the optimal fin-quiver with Drake fins would be 41, 44 and 47 cm the optimal fin-quiver from another brand could might as well be 38, 41 and 44 cm. With that said you realize that if you mix fins from different brands you should study the fin-guides carefully or/and talk to the producer/store to help you out with the right combo. If you don’t do your homework there are a risk that you end up with two fins very close to each other and a “huge” hole in your fin-quiver.

Windsurfing Fin selectors

As we wrote above; to mix and match windsurfing fins is easier said than done. There are surprisingly few fin selectors on the market which is strange since this would be an important marketing channel to any fin brand. However Hawaii based Black Project fins has a great “how to choose the right fin-quiver” guide for different brands (Starboard, Fanatic, Mistral and JP) on their web. Select fins is another brand with a comprehensive fin-selector on their web. Consumer friendly = We like!!

A two or three fin quiver will bring you closer to the sweet spot

A part from tuning your sailing experience with the quick fix of changing the fin you also will be able to match your sails with the optimal fin from start. With two or three fins in your surf bag you will be closer to the sweet spot than you ever have been before. The wind range of your one board quiver will improve massively and at the same time boost your overall performance.

Read more about windsurfing fins: >> Black Project Fins Type R slalom fin on test

Filed Under: Fin Selector, Freerace, Freeride, Slalom, Tuning and Rigging Tagged With: Black Project, fin, fin-selector, Freerace, Freeride, Slalom, Windsurfing, Windsurfing fins

April 12, 2013 By Claes Leave a Comment

Speedsailing – Tune your sail for speedsurfing

The following windsurfing speed icons guides you through the most essential tuning tips for your windsurfing speed sail (video):

Speedsurfer

Check ut their windsurfing speed gear

Jurjen van de Noord    Severne Reflex III 5.6, 2012
Peter De Wit    Neilpryde RS Racing EVO 3 5.5, 2011
Hans Kreisel    Neilpryde RS Racing EVO 4 5.8, 2012
Dirk Jan Knol    The Loft Sails Racing Blade 5.6, 2012
Martin van Meurs    Simmer Sails SCR 5.1, 2012
Luc Salomons    North Sails Warp F2011 5.7, 2011
Barry van Lingen    Neilpryde RS Racing EVO 2 6.2, 2009
     

>> Slalom board test section

Speedsurfing – How to tune a racing sails to go fast

Filed Under: Rigging instruction, Tuning and Rigging Tagged With: Speed, speed icons, Speedsailing, Video, Windsurfing

Windsurfing mast stuck together – How to fix it

September 25, 2011 By Claes Leave a Comment

Windsurfing mast stuck together – How to fix it

After my last windsurfing session my mast was stuck together. I was tempted to use the gorilla method, plain force, but since it is my favourite mast I decided to bring the mast home in one piece. This is how I separated the mast parts from each other.

Bend and rotate the mast repeatedly (Step 1)

Start to bend and rotate the mast repeatedly to crush the sand/dirt. Be careful not to over bend the mast and make shure to distribute the pressure over as much mast-surface as possible.

Windsurfing mast stuck together

Windsurfing mast stuck together – Gorilla method 2.0 (Step 2)

If the mast parts still are stuck together the most gentle way to rotate the mast parts from each other is to use two windsurfing booms to get some extra momentum.

How to fix a Mast Stuck Together

Together we are stronger:)

Please contribute with your own ideas/experiences on the subject.

Filed Under: Tuning and Rigging Tagged With: Mast

5 minutes guide – How to rig a cambered sail

September 3, 2011 By Claes Leave a Comment

5 minutes guide – How to rig a cambered sail

The popularity of Twin cam sails has grown dramatically over the last few years. A Twin cam/cambered sail often delivers more stability and power compared to a No cam sail and is more forgiving and easier to handle compared to a Full cam sail.

Follow the rigging instruction to avoid damaging the cambers

Rigging a cambered sails can be a bit tricky and its very important to follow each sails rigging instructions/manual, otherwise its easy to break one or two of the cams/battens.

If you buy a used cambered sail its very important to check the condition of the cambers and ask the seller to rig the sail and go through the rigging procedure/manual.

5 minutes guide – How to rig a cambered sail

– Pull the sail on to the mast without engaging the cams
– Apply minimal down haul
– Fit the boom
– Apply maximum out haul
– Gently pop the cambers into place
– Apply full down haul
– Do the final tuning

Important: How to de-rig a cambered sail

– Release down haul 10cm – 15cm
– Open the zippers and pop the cams from the mast. Close the zippers !!!!
– Downhaul the sail to the recommended luff length
– Release the out haul and detach boom from mast
– Gentley release the down haul completely
– Remove the mast from the sail.

Filed Under: Rigging instruction, Tuning and Rigging, Windsurfing Sails Tagged With: 5 minutes guide, cambers, rigging instructions, rigging manual, Sail, Twin Cam

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