This was my second time out wind foiling. Super gusty 5-15 knots on Lake Lopez in California; starting to get the hang of it but still had plenty of great stacks. I felt like my flight control, particularly in gusts was a lot better by the end of this session. I'm on a Slingshot H2 foil with a 35.5" mast, 2010 Starboard iSonic 121 with a 5.7 NP Wizard. Love the perspective the rylo 360 degree camera gives you!
Interested to know what people think the lightest wind I could get this board up and foiling and how much a fanatic light wind would lower the foiling threshold.
Your boom looks too low and that will create downward pressure on your board which then creates the dolphin leaps up and down. Try raising up the boom 3".
Using a slalom board the back straps are too far out on the rail for the SS foil. We all use the SS with 68, 76 or 84 wings and the foil prefers your weight (especially back foot) more over the foil. When you lifted up with your back foot out the strap and in the middle is the perfect place.
A foil dedicated board like the SS wizard is the perfect match for the foil. The H2 wing is very similar to the 2019 time code 68. If you have the chance to try the infinity 76 or 84 it changes everything.
Thanks CoreAS...when I first went had I had my boom way to low and moved it up but looks like I should go higher still. I didn't bother putting my back foot in the rear strap in fear of nasty landings but noticed the difference when I moved it to the middle.
I'll take a look at the other wings:)
From my understanding with the slingshot foil combined with a fanatic light wind would probably perform worse in light with than the isonic you are you on. As mentioned above the slingshot foil wants a narrow tailed board. And has great low wind performance with smaller sails.
The fanatic light wind is a great foiling board when combined with high aspect wings like the starboard 800. And the low wind performance of this set up is great. A chap I sail with is 95kg and gets up in sub 10knots with a 9.0m with this set up.
I found a camera called a Rylo. It's a simple 360 degree camera but the software edits out the selfie stick (which I have duct taped to the boom). You can also chose to track yourself or pan around when you edit the video.
That footage is great, nice job. For the record I started last year on pretty much the exact same board and foil combo. At 180lbs, it seemed that 12mph average wind speed was about where the fun consistently began. Going to a 84cm Infinity didn't add as much as expected to the bottom end, but makes it way easier to glide through lulls. I've since gone down to a Wizard 125L, I've only had it out a couple times, it feels a bit slower to takeoff as it plows through the water more, but once in the air it feels amazing.
Wow. Cool vid. Good shots. I agree with those above, higher boom. Keep you foot in the middle. Also, for more stable flight (pitch). Lock out the rear leg/heel. It helps to have fewer variables keeping pitch. Use your hips/front leg for smaller adjustments. You are well on your way!
Wow. Cool vid. Good shots. I agree with those above, higher boom. Keep you foot in the middle. Also, for more stable flight (pitch). Lock out the rear leg/heel. It helps to have fewer variables keeping pitch. Use your hips/front leg for smaller adjustments. You are well on your way!
As i understand its an effect of the 360cameras. The stick disappears in the dead angle imho.
So no, not by the gopro
Odell Lake is a well-known site for central Oregon sailors. Good fishing, too.
Can you please give a detailed description of the launch, wind expectations, etc., of Klamath Lake? Thanks.
Thanks for the info about Klamath. I go through there on occasion, and it would be great to stop and windfoil it.
So, speaking of the downslope side of the Cascades for lakes, there are a number of good candidates. Starting from the south looking north, start with Klamath Lake. Then Odell Lake, Crescent Lake (they held a longboard national championships there once), Suttle Lake, then the Gorge, then Rimrock Lake, Kachess, Keechelus, and Cle Elum, then Lake Wenatchee and Lake Chelan. With a cross-mountain pressure gradient (cool west, hot east) all these lakes will turn on with great winds.
The Seattle sailors hit Wenatchee a lot. My "home water" used to be Rimrock Lake until I moved to the Columbia basin in eastern Washington state.