Women B & J sailors 25kt board sizes

OK not a woman but I did give it an hour plus...

For hi wind B&J and chance of it dying or being gusty a FSW is the go, much earlier planing and handle straight lines better than a waveboard

For 25kn I reckon your bodyweight in litres is not too bad, experienced people and/or not gusty winds will go bodyweight minus 10L ish

yeah but it was actually 90mins

I'd agree on a FSW option around 78L. Some 78L wave boards can feel big. I have a JP FSW which I use in 20kts + and my ex was quite happy on it most conditions, she was 52kg. They plane quite early and stay on the plane well with the stock fin. Throw a smaller wave fin on and it calms the board down and keeps it on the water even in the bumpy bits.

But if you look at a JP FSW then go for 07 or later, the previous models weren't quite as smooth having thicker rails to apease the freestyle users.

Yes !

I have a 74 L waveboard that is about 15L over my body weight. It is just floaty and stable enough to sail in 5 knots, so that volume will be quite manageable in lulls. I got it for sailing in 25 knots plus but there has been very little of that since I bought it! It is an ideal size for 20 - 25 knots, however, for a consistent 25 knots plus I would go smaller - 60L?

I tried out FSW and waveboards and slalom boards and found I liked waveboards and slalom boards but I didn't find a single FSW that I felt comfortable on, despite the fact that one FSW would probably do the job of a waveboard and a slalom.
Gybe? It turns beautifully of course. I don't. But that's me, not the board.

Hi Sboard, I have both a FSW 78l and a wave 68l and love riding them both, use them both a lot. The wave board is better for windy windy windy days as smaller board is more controllable, but the FSW 78l is also great in lots of chop and my preferred board for inland water, or for on the ocean when the wind is more likely to be gusty, and I can keep planing in the lulls. My 78l is actually lighter than the 68l.

Both gybe well.

Size to go for also depends on how big a move you're making down - before I got the 78l, I sailed mostly on a 100l board. If you're looking for a general purpose board for really really windy days, prob a 75l wave board is the go. If I had to chose between the two, the FSW would stay.

Then there is the colour choice....

Crikey I'm starting to get a complex..I use a 125 to about 18kts or 20 if its gusty then a 95....I take it the wind is consistent for those choices? I won't be paying much if I get another board as it prob only blows + 25kts < 10 x a year so I don't know if I'll have a choice in my budget price between a FSW or waveboard.

Sbc I'd go with a waveboard; 2nd hand more recent years for budget and the number of times you'll get 25knts and usually they have more rocker to cut thru the chop; IMO which allows a compromise if you don't want to go as small as Divaldo's wife.

I'd sugest a little smaller than my old 82ltr wave as I'm a little heavier than you (no mention of my weight)

I believe there's plenty of choice on the market.

With that much wind (25+) you'd find staying on the plane not a problem anyway. If it's that much of an unpredictable, gusty day; I'd give it a miss or stay with the 95ltr to uphaul if you really need to.

I would go the 75-80ltr FSW option, especially if you are not going to get out in the waves too much,

95ltrs is still a very bouyant board, even i freak out with my 95ltr in high winds and I weigh 97kgs'

Good idea trying it out. That's the best way to know; don't you agree. Lucky you had the opportunity.

Hope it's a decent bit of wind from the High for you. I think the board 'l rip for you.

Wouldn't it be easier to learn how to waterstart rather than learning how to uphaul on a board thats too small.

Water starting is a good thing to learn and practice and a lot less tiring than uphauling in choppy conditions.

If your going out in more than about 10 knots theres enough wind to waterstart on.

Just to clarify - rocker does not help with chop. You need a little nose rocker obviously or else you'd never go over chop. Tail rocker (which is what most people are thinking of when they refer to rocker) makes it turn, and it is what makes a waveboard NOT so good in chop. Reason is it wants to turn and it tries to take a wiggly side to side track though chop.
A waveboard, flat out overpowered, is a lot harder to control that a freeride or a FSW. Trouble for the ladies is that nobody makes 60L freeride boards! However you can get the smallest FSW they make and use a slightly smaller fin than standard.

What helps in chop is vee, predominantly.

I've been waterstarting for 20 years.. its the emergency uphauling when the wind dies that eludes me..It would extend the use of my 95 ltre if I could master uphauling it..e.g - today big chop so need little board but big lulls so need big board.. I used the little one until it the wind got too low & crappy wind then got bashed to bits trying to use the big one .Of course the @## picked up beautifully as I was packing up grr

I was told yesterday that when uphauling a short board, have the back foot in the downwind front footstrap for stability.
I haven't tried it yesterday but it looked good when demonstrated.

I remember reading that.. Pity I forgot when I was out! Still I had been awake from 3 am so not really with it anyway..