60 means 60cm wide (by the way Oldnbroken i talking about the board that UKsurf rides)Oldnbroken wrote: As we all know, the Sector 60 (like the lightwind directional board Supa used) allows a kiter to plane and go upwind with far less kite.
My board was only 0.5cm wider that Dimitri's at 47.5 with only 44cm effective max flat width
My board is a twin fin 14cm
Effective waterline length 125cm....39cm is the nose of board not touching the water ever
His board is a 135cm
So we are pretty close
I weigh 14 pounds less which is not that much less
His kite works best on shorter lines because it sits deeper in the window
Longer lines will just pull him downwind and not really help
Our kites were both parked in the test
The wind was directly onshore in ocean at 7-8-9kn average 8kn
Dimitri makes it clear that the ideal wind is 7-8-9-10-11 average 9kn for best performance
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