Dawn patrol this morning - testing day.
Waves were chest high on the sets. The tide was full - good for not touching bottom, but it did seem to drown out the breaking surf a little bit. The wind was blowing from the north so it cleaned up the surf.
I started with the F One Eagle 1090.
Same settings as yesterday.
I could catch waves and ride them almost effortlessly - but pumping out still was hard. I'm thinking the chopped tail was hampering (based on my technique). Jeff chopped this for performance primarily on the wing and I can see how this nip/tuck can speed things up. But for prone and pumping back out, I think that added surface area would help out a lot. I could still feel the mast flexing. I just looked at the specs online - this mast is only 14 mm thick - that is probably a contributor to the speed this foil has (but it will cause more flex than I'm used to - pretty much nothing with the 19 mm Project Cedrus masts).
After catching several, I went in and switched out the foil from the F One over to the Takuma Kujira 1095 (75cm PC mast, Stringy direct bolt on fuselage and 178 rear). After the typical "switching foil" three wave reset, I was catching triples. The Kujira on the PC mast rides really high - and even though the F One mast and the PC mast I was using were essentially the same height, I felt like I was way higher using this foil compared to the F One. Not that makes a difference - it just makes for a more thrilling ride. The other difference I noticed was the Kujira did not go as fast. I could get pretty much the same glide, but at a slower pace.
Both foils are incredibly similar - with the Eagle getting the nod in speed and easy glide, and the Kujira being more maneuverable and way easier to pump.
I think I'd have to use the Eagle with the full length DW210 stabilizer and the PC mast to get a proper comparison (but I'm thinking once I got that setup, that the Eagle will just get better all around).
I think tomorrow I'll test the ART999 against these two setups from today.
W:96/F:87/S:32
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