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• Comment Link Thursday, 10 May 2012 05:35 posted by Nalamamidi

  A few runs in stronger wind roheugr conditions. Rather overpowered on my 10.5 and shortboards with 8.5 to 7m were planing.Seems to plane pretty early and easily, broad reaching, track back the nose was pretty high. I pushed it down and into some small waves/chop where the bow hit the wave and bounced back up, spray coming off the bow just like a boat. On a couple of waves it went straight through, but no real problem. Was not the best trial as I could not get my feet into the straps very well, so I never had the best trim. At times it felt quite competitive for speed, other times slower than the 380E, but I put this down to my lack of time on this board. It can point high when planing, the 380E can’t. Due to the width I find it easier to sail than the 380EStill early days for me to find the best trim, but some people seem to loose sight of what this board was designed to do win races in light to medium winds. For sure there will be days and conditions where other boards will be faster/more competitive, but over the course of a series or a seasons racing I am sure this board will meet its design brief