Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Another New Used Board

I'm a junkie. I just had to have a middle sized board between the 125L Fanatic and 75L AHD. So through TradeMe I have added a 96L Starboard Kombat. We picked it up in Devanport on the way to the Bay of Islands. I tried it out on a low wind day with a 5.4 sail and discovered it does not point well, but does keep me afloat. A day later I tried it on the Waitange River (again on the 5.4). I only had 6 or 7 solid runs across the mouth of the river (We were heading to the Waitange Treaty Grounds, but I had to excuse myself to try out the board on planing conditions). The board took a little getting used to (being short and wide), but it was forgiving on the jibes and planed fast--a good acquisition!

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