Lightwind winging

Me 73kg, today I foiled in 2 to 7kn mostly 5kn or less wind.
I had mt first session on the Duotone AMP 1750 foil with a 7m Ventis and Armstrong 8ft 11in x 17.25in wide board. Got my slowest up on the foil speed todate- 14kph in 5kn gust going upto 24.4 kph.
So for me this is best light wind gear todate.
I did get faster speeds over the session.

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CJW said..
A 5kt gust?...that is nothing....I'd even suggest 10kts is marginal on a wingfoil for most people. Lift and force on the wing increases with the square of windspeed so 10kts is actually way way more than double in power terms than 5kts. Sure, you can get up on the foil going 14kph....but can you pump a board to near that waterspeed with a wing in 5kts of wind? I reckon your wind calibration is a bit out?

I am 78.5 yo and been doing water and wind activities for many years so estimating wind speed is not difficult.

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Samkyo said..
Hello,
I looking to improve my actual lightwind setup a Rwinger 80L with north loft 7.0 and Sabfoil M92 with w909 front wing.
I am thinking leviathan front wing 1160 or 1360?
any feedback? What mast are you using?
thank you
Sam

I'd ask over on the SAB FB user group on those foils...I have the Lev 1150 and 1350 and they are my light wind weapons...the 1350 in particular has so much lift that if you just want to get up, it needs very little speed. It is also a foil many learn to pump on, so it serves that purpose too (which also means pumping onto foil in light winds can be really effective).

But, it is not so agile and turning isn't great, and it is super front foot heavy and at low speeds (start and as it stalls) the nose lifts up with a lot of force, so you need to learn to control that part.

A downwind board is the other piece I added for really light days, which we get a lot of...generating board speed is critical and long and narrow makes a big difference for me in adding foiling days to my season

Go for a red devil mast if you want the most frictionless ride. 1260 here in this clip.

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ZeroVix said..
Nice. Is that the 80 Liter Super K? What is your weight? Clean workout!

Thanks! 92 L super k and just 72 kg.

Hello
thank you for your feedback, if I resume mid aspect board and HA leviathan 1260 is the go to option.
2 questions
do you think the old M92 mast with the M6 bolt will be strong enough for such big wing?
how do you turn? Super large curve?

I ride the wlp1260 regularly with a wing. It has a starting speed that's low enough for your light wind sessions and fast enough for fun.
The WL1150 needs less to get going, but tops out to early.
Could borrow the wlp1360 for half an hour. It feels like the take off comparable to wl1150, but better top speed. Not as fast as wlp1260, but fast enough for fun.

The sabfoil seadevils look interesting, but somehow the large surface should be draggy. wonder how Sabfoil 'fixed' that problem.

I tested 1360 vs 1075 lately with a 100 torpedo dw-board and 6m new aura vayu 3 aprox 85kg wet with everything. 1360 has maybe minimal earlier lift but the 1075 is way easier to handle and imo more fun to ride. tested in 7-17 knots. For ultra low wind days if I really want to get into the water i still have the 1350 which i hate to gybe haha.