Postby Foil » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:42 am
633V683s
the differences become more apparent the stronger the wind, nothing to much different in marginal winds and flat water, but over 20mph and the difference is huge, yesterday my kite size went down every hour, from 9mtr chrono v3 to 7mtr chrono and then to 6mtr lei Reo.
waves got big and messy,
4 Ttip riders left the water and waited until hi tide passed by for the waves to die down.
I was mostly on the 683s and it felt like a ride on the "Mad Mouse" at the fairground, frantic and fast feeling fun, so loose at high speed, direction changes were so fast executed with very light foot pressure,
tremendos wipeouts that knocked me silly, mainly due to the speed I was going and the size of the waves.
after dropping down to the 6mtr lei I had had enough of sailing on the edge of control, and came in to change to the 633.
what a relief, everything calmed down, carving around in complete control and slashing around in the waves(whilst the Ttip guys watched) was fantastic, heart rate slowed down and i realized just how different the wings are in the more challenging conditions.both superb, both will ring your bell!
by the way after checking my GPS, the shock was the 683 was not that much faster than the 633, but somehow it felt so much faster, weird thing that's hard to understand??
My 790 is in the post, bought exclusively for use with my 15mtr chrono v3 ULight, and behind the boat on the dam, where the plan is to see how far we can pump
around the dam after getting up, should be fun on our short masts in the lagoon with the big kites.
590.
not that fast, not great fun in marginal winds, too unstable for my liking,
even my wife pauline said on the last day I used mine, you looked like you were not enjoying that session, I bet you sell it.
she is always right!
I did.
550/548/588 and my super fast 647 race wings, all history, even though the 647 race was superb it was just too focused and not great fun, reminded me of a jet ski experience,
great fun,
for half an hour.