Just wondering if anyone is riding a short Mast when Supping or Winging except me? I ride a 45cm Mast over a shallow reef on a sup & prone board but on a high tide or otherwise I ride a 60cm Armstrong Mast but can not stop breaching most of the time so just wondering if there is a 'best way' of riding a shorter Mast? (and it is not possible for me to use a longer Mast for many reasons:-)
For SUP and prone foiling I use a 60cm mast. Waves here tend to break on shallow sandbanks.
I also have a 75 cm (alu) and 82 cm mast, that I use for winging. I started on the 60 cm and that worked pretty good.
I am on a 27" normally, but it's needing repair, now using a 32" for surf foiling....wow, does it ever hit bottom a lot. But the extra few inches really does offer more flexibility, less likely to breach, can push it a little harder. I am enjoying the experiment.
I listened to Dave Kalama podcast today, he said he uses 24" for downwinding. He said less drag in the water, less power to get up, but with cost of more likely to breach.
Wow that's tiny. You must have great reactions.
im opposite end. 83cm prone and 101cm wing.
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Wow that's tiny. You must have great reactions.
im opposite end. 83cm prone and 101cm wing.
Well RichJam I have to ride the shorter Masts as it is just too shallow where I go and also anything longer than 60cm really does not fit in my car (attached to the fuse & rear wing:-)
