davesails7 wrote:
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Racing downwind at 25 knots is fun. If you were on the next generation board going 25.2 knots downwind instead, would racing be more fun?
Perhaps NOT a lot more fun, but the pay-day would be a bunch bigger
if that , (.2mph) just made you winner of the Olympics !
NO-WAY should race boards be a one design with only one company making them
because the price for that item would go through the roof --AND-- then we'd be
stuck with the same stuff for the next 20 years. R&D would be stagnated.
Right now a guy could take the current state of the art board and mold it
to build his own if he wanted. A 20Lb bag of Hydro-Cal is less than $30, and the epoxy
gel-coat would be another $150 + some other small expenses.After i measured the surface
aria on the entire board, i would have a real close estimate of how much it would cost
along with it's approximate weight ; and there are a LOT of guys over on board-builders
forum that are a Bunch better at building than me !
NO --one design from One company-- please.
NO -- one design (.)
FASTER is BETTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bille