21 meter lines.
From 11 knots I switch to the 5 m2 as the 6 gets too big.
Use an 1100 cm2 wing and a tad longer/ bigger board for lowend and a 1200 cm2 lower aspect wing and smaller board when okay wind.
78 kg.
Peter
Thanks. I'm a little heavier than you are, my lines are a little shorter, and my foil is a little smaller, but I doubt that is enough to make that much of a difference. Either we have weaker winds (our winds are warm) or I need to work on my foil kite technique. Maybe a bit of both.Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:50 pm21 meter lines.
From 11 knots I switch to the 5 m2 as the 6 gets too big.
Use an 1100 cm2 wing and a tad longer/ bigger board for lowend and a 1200 cm2 lower aspect wing and smaller board when okay wind.
Peter
I agree completely. Used my 8m Peak4 and this summer the replacing 8m Peak5 happily in conditions where my friends were on 12-15m closed cell kites.br44 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:44 amI disagree about the Peak4 8m, which gets a lot of bad press here. Comparisons against the 5m and 6m (which I haven’t tried) are misguided: those require more wind. If you want to compare, choose a 12-15m closed cell.
The 8m is still magic: it’s just a different kind of magic. Don’t forget, there’s barely enough wind. In my experience, the 8m is required, because I’ve had sessions in hot weather where it was barely pulling enough when parked, even with a 1450 HA foil (180 lbs rider).
Another thing that I learned recently: with 30m lines, the 8m gets me going in the lightest winds - i.e., those winds that don’t look like they could stop at any moment. I haven’t used my 13m ultralight closed cell (1.9 kg) even once this summer…
Actually, I think that the combination of those factors WILL make the difference. After all, we're only talking about 1 knot difference. In addition, who knows if we're actually looking a 9 knots or 10 knots? I have an idea about what wind I am looking at based on 40 years participating in wind sports, but I couldn't swear that my evaluation is accurate to within 1 knot. I'm just going on wind readings after the fact, at sites often some distance away from where I'm actually on the water.junebug wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 11:00 pmThanks. I'm a little heavier than you are, my lines are a little shorter, and my foil is a little smaller, but I doubt that is enough to make that much of a difference. Either we have weaker winds (our winds are warm) or I need to work on my foil kite technique. Maybe a bit of both.Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:50 pm21 meter lines.
From 11 knots I switch to the 5 m2 as the 6 gets too big.
Use an 1100 cm2 wing and a tad longer/ bigger board for lowend and a 1200 cm2 lower aspect wing and smaller board when okay wind.
Peter
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