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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 10 03:22:28 2016
    I have a Mistral Escape (190L) and I own a very large sail. My daughter is interested in the sport, but the sail I own is too large for her.

    Where we live the winds are 7-10 knots and she weights ~ 120 lbs. I found recommended sail size charts but they still guide me to large sails which makes it difficult for her to handle.

    Any recommendations?

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  • From (PeteCresswell)@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 11 10:38:05 2016
    Per [email protected]:

    Any recommendations?

    No recommendations, but my experience has been that each 20 pounds of
    body weight is good for about a half or .6 meters of sail.

    e.g. If somebody who weighs 170 is out there planing on a 6.5 and I
    weigh 210# - I would need a 7.5 to get the same effect.

    So maybe you could extrapolate downwards from a sail size that is
    comfortable for you in the target conditions.
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    Pete Cresswell

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  • From Andrew Jacobs@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jul 28 09:27:36 2016
    On Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 3:22:31 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    I have a Mistral Escape (190L) and I own a very large sail. My daughter is interested in the sport, but the sail I own is too large for her.

    When I teach college students of similar stature they've been learning on 4.5 or 4.9 single-batten school sails from Aerotech. We have very similar conditions on Lake Washington. This is plenty of sail to get them up to intermediate level - even
    harness and (longboard) footstraps. You might look at the Aerotech "WindSUP" rigs which come complete and are competitively priced.

    Once she's more skilled she'll be interested in a 6.0 - 8.0 for those conditions.

    A

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