maui monthly no.67. november 2010

November 2010, Maui, Hawaii

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November started with me being in Vietnam for R&D on the new Starboard Freestyle "Flare" boards plus some wave/freestyle/freeride "kode"boards. Visiting Vietnam for the second time was great. I had an excellent time being back in Vietnam... good food, nice people, and I just love the warm water and weather. Sadly we only had one day with two hours sailing out of the four days in Vietnam and testing in such short time gave us a small lead.

So we headed back to Thailand on the 2nd of November, made some adjustments on some of the boards we tested, and in 24 hours when we got back from Vietnam the wind was really good in Thailand. So with having wind in Thailand we didn’t have to fly back to Vietnam and we got about seven days of really good wind conditions to finalize all of the boards that we had to test before I had to leave, so it was a good timing. Most of my days of sailing in Thailand I was on my 5.2 Loco powered up or on the 5.6 Loco. My trip to Thailand gave my enough experience on the Loco 5.2 to know what I have to change to have this sail even better.

During my days with no wind I had a lot of fun doing cable wake boarding and doing some SUP and I had also was

Mostly R&D in November

testing the new Olympic boards and youth Olympic boards that Starboard is now working on. Also I had the time to sail on the 2012 Formula board. It’s just amazing how good this Formula board is, I am really looking forward to this production Formula board..

On the 18th I flew to Amsterdam visiting my friends and having a 15 hour stay before my next flight to Bonaire. That gave me time to take a small visit to my clothing sponsor "MYSTIC". It was great to have met all of the young and energetic Mystic team and even shake the hand of the BIG Boss himself... how SICk is that??!!. Arriving on the 20th on BonaireI felt like I have been in the air for like a long time. But it’s just this moment when you are in the plane and you are at peace with yourself. Your mind seems so free it’s just amazing.. :).

Having such time got me thinking what went wrong this season and what I have to improve to make better.. My plan for next season is just to sail better and have more time on the water just the same i did last winter after Sylt. Addiction to the wind and sea, Love for sport, and the energy to spend on what can make me feel relaxed, happy and creative is what changed my life.... WINDSURFING. :)

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Already been weeks on Bonaire that it is pouring rain but the wind kicks in with the rain clouds 25knots. So sailing is a must. 4.8 Loco is what I have been sailing on for the last eight days and I am just loving it. It feels okay to be back on Bonaire but would be great if we can have the wind combining with the sun, By then We will have the real Bonaire conditions. :)

Have fun sailing my fellow friends.Peace

Taty Frans NB-9

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Wow! How fast did this month pass by, quickly realizing I traveled half way around the world again! From Maui to Holland to Cape Verde and back and via Singapore to Australia, lots of time spent waiting though in these days; at airports, and for suitable conditions at the PWA wave final on Sal. Josh Angulo had the most amazing set up by his windsurfing centre, serving as a base for the competitors, locals, and spectators. After a long and kind of frustrating ten days on standby, often with a teasing 5-10 knots of breeze, getting scorched by the heat, and little shade at ’curral joul’ where the minimum conditions were optimal, I had good memories too but no valid contest result. I was more ready then ever to compete if we did have to go. It seemed like there was only a very few guys actually wanting to compete but I was one of them with the 6.1 Ghost. The Technora material really makes a big difference in weight and the whole rig feels so light even though its a massive wave sail.

The biggest challenge has been travelling with so much windsurf excess baggage on flights, and we are lucky that they still accept mountains of that stuff. A smile goes a long way; when I wasn’t at 35000 ft though it seemed that I was often chasing missing baggage and hanging around at airports. I think it will be good to spend some down time in Australia and stay out of airplanes for a while.

CheersPeter Volwater H-24

From Maui to Holland to Cape Verde and back and via Singapore to Australia

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From Maui to Holland to Cape Verde and back and via Singapore to Australia


The thermic winds become very common during November. This brings all the Formula sailors back on the water. Most of them have office jobs, so this late afternoon wind is a blessing for them. We had a lot of days on the water, making long upwinds and downwinds. It is always fun to watch how all the guys start recognising who their main opponents will be.We had some weekend races before our national Formula event arrived. A lot of racers from the interior of the county came. We were about fifty racers and the forecast was looking good so we all knew a lot of action would come. The first day we had marginal winds, 7-9 kts. Most of the fleet in that sort of conditions struggle a little bit as not all of them had 12s. I knew i was gonna have a good fight with some RSX guys that took a rest of their heavy RSX training for some joy on Formula gear. They end up getting some pretty good gear too. Being light, strong and normally good racers, I knew they were gonna give me a tuff time...and so it was..!

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A racing month in Argentina.

The first two races i scored a 2nd and a 3rd...I had good speed, but in the lows of 7 kts I was missing some angle to them. The races were won by Nahuel. I was currently in second. Outstanding as well was Bautista Saubidet’s performance, while only 14 he scored two 4th positions. He is the best Techno 293 boy in Argentina and he proved he is ready to charge with the big guys too.. The second day the wind disappeared after the first start. We did one upwind and I was rounding in 2nd behind Nahuel, and barely in front of Bautista, scary it was as he was catching ground pretty quick while i was trying to stay on plane. The 3rd day, we went in the water pretty late but the wind finally came. We did the first race with 7-8 kts and Nahuel took his 3rd bullet. I got a 2nd but i was over early! At that point i thought that it was gonna be tough to come back...and the RSX guys were starting to smile a lot..a little too much!!

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The next three races the wind built in slowly and got to 15 kts. I manage to win all these three with a good margin now. I finally had some power on my 12 and it felt good!!! So one day to go and I was tied in points, but in second on the tie break. Last day and the wind had a very late appearance. We had a holiday the next day so we didn’t really have to end early for the prize giving. We got to the race committee and the conditions were around 8 kts...still not my conditions but we had to race if i wanted to win! The first race was very tuff. I started between the two RSX guys. Just after the start, the one below had much better acceleration and I thought it was game over as it seemed that he was gonna outpoint me, but luckily my pride made me dehook and start pumping to stay in his angle, had to pump all that leg. Nahuel was on top of me and happily gaining angle on me. When we got close to the layline I tacked earlier than both. They both tacked and luckily some gusts of 10 kts came in and let me come back on them. At the rounding Nahuel was ahead, me second, and followed very close to me, the third guy, who was a machine downwind. We started gaining on Nahuel and then it came to his mistake, jybed to soon. It was obvious he will have to double jibe the bottom mark and it was gonna cost him a lot in that light wind. I made sure i made my layline and manage to round in first, the other guy just behind me and Nahuel in third. Again, nervous, he tacked and went to the other side. Being local, I knew the thermic wind was about to come in, so I stayed on the right side. I rounded in first and took that bullet followed by the RSX and third Nahuel. At that point we had two discards so I was ahead by one point.


One more race still missing. The wind increased a little but not that much, . The course was reset and the line too. The pin became very biased and i had a lazy start through the middle. Nahuel had a worst one but still he was gaining angle on me on the first tack. Getting close to the layline i tacked perfect on a gust and he undertacked me. I had some room below me so i gave some speed on the lows and tried to push up on the gusts..i manage to round in first with a good lead. On the downwnd i overlayed because it was super hard to see with the reflection of the sunset the mark, and Nahuel caught some ground on me there. The second upwind I was comfy as I could see the wind and was going more to the right and Nahuel was pointing like a bitch instead of giving speed. I tacked and he undertacked me. I gave speed and put myself infront and above, game over for him in my thoughts, but when we got closer to the upwind mark the wind suddenly died off and I started to struggle for the mark. I looked back and he had come out of my line and was pointing higher! I was so nervous, he was making it so far! I tacked and barely cross in front of him while he was pumping his ass off to make it. Luckily he did not make and had to double tack. I gained there some distance and focused on not missing that downwind layline. I hit it right and sailed to the finish with a big smile. I think I won this event for the last ten years and I did not want an RSX guy to take it from me! We will have some slalom races too coming up next. Best regards, Gonzalo Costa Hoevel ARG-3.

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November has been a great month, getting settled in and rolling on the island. The days here fly by in what seems to be a typical pattern of checking the forecast, seeing yet again surf and wind, and then heading to the beach. On average most days I found myself on my 4.7 Legend in head-logo high+ waves. A couple big swells rolled through as well, closing out the north shore and sending us down to lowers at Kanaha for some epic wavesailing on mast-mast and a half waves peeling forever (if you don’t mind weaving your way through some kiters every now and again;)! The 4.7 Legend has really just become the bread and butter sail for me on Maui. Every now and again there’ll be a couple days where I’ll need my 5.0 or 4.2, but I’d say 98% of the time it’s 4.7. Typically I’ll just rig the 4.7 to spec and go, but what’s also nice is that on some of the flukier days, giving just the tiniest of adjustments of either downhaul and outhaul drastically changes the rig to accommodate a wide range of wind speeds for me, making it really perfect!

No wind days while visiting the island usually have me in a frantic-breakdown not knowing what to do, wanting to spend as much time windsurfing while being here as possible. This month however, the few calm spells were welcomed more with a little un-admitted relief to allow for some recuperation, and a chance to explore some of the other activities Maui has to offer. We had a great stretch of surfing on the north shore, with 3-4 completely glassy days in a row. I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun surfing in general; with great sessions at Hookipa, Mama’s, and Kanaha too! We also went over to Hana, which was awesome! We pulled off and checked out a segment of a huge lava tube, which is basically a giant cave-tunnel that stretched for miles. They gave us flashlights and then we were on our own, which was sweet because you could turn off the lights and be in total darkness, crazy!

Aloha from Maui! Maui Monthly no.67. November ’10.18

December looks to be another promising month over here for great conditions. I’m also excited because on a separate note we at ShadowBox are stoked to announce shipping of our new version 1.5 unit! I’ve just received a box of units, be sure stay tuned throughout the upcoming weeks to www.mauisails.com and www.shadowboxlive.com to see fresh content of action, tips & tricks for windsurfing, and more! For more information about this device that records every aspect of a rider’s session in 3D, including jump height, hang-time, speed, board-trim, distance traveled, spin rotations, acceleration and more, and to see some videos of the ShadowBox already in action in windsurfing, head to: www.shadowboxlive.com!

Cya on the water,Casey HauserUS-634


TR-7IS COMPLETEAfter another busy month, all the TR-7 samples are complete and the designs are starting to roll into production. We did a lot of testing of the TR-7 against our previous year’s sails as well as our competitors latest offerings and are very happy with the results. We have consistently found significant speed improvements throughout the size range during our GPS and man on man testing. My personal experience with the sails has been that they are a lot lighter and more balanced feeling and easier to hang on to which translates into better speed. Lowering the center of effort by reducing the aspect ratio as well as the more even, reactive twist pattern have been the main contributors to giving these great performance results.

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The wave sailing has been going off on Maui lately. Lot’s of big clean surf and side-off shore winds. It has been real down the line stuff where you dig in deep through the bottom turn and then gauge the lip to your hearts content. Sometimes I feel sorry for the PWA guys as they have to sit around for 10 days waiting for conditions while it is ripping over here.

Aloha,Artur Szpunar

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Eagles and turkeys


November has been a fantastic month for all sorts of testing and development. The Ghost XT got into the hands of more folks who were able to put them to great use in early swells with lighter wind. Art’s love of the waves and drive to push the performance in line with the feel is driving near daily development for next year. Some ideas relating to the successful aspect ratio changes we made in the TR-7 range could possibly be good for wave sails and we’ll soon get exploratory models made to advance the testing.


As for the TR-7, it’s in bed now and gathering energy for a timely release (practise for being so much earlier next year). Key sizes continued to test faster and be easier to sail. The last days that Peter was here gave us a great range of conditions, and then Phil was also able to nail some perfect light wind days for the big sizes. During the 2010 season, we got lots of feedback and did testing with many other types of masts. There was a reasonable consensus that we could achieve certain attributes (firmer rotation, solid feel low) that were desireable by changing the mast bend character. Those differences sometimes generated more speed, but often with the loss of other good things we wanted to maintain and there was no question that we were going to do it with our existing masts. Thus the goal was to develop the desireable things into a totally new outline, AND still have it feel easy and fun to sail. Without adding much profile depth in the low sections we still got good stability and a solid powerful drive. Following on to the midleech tightening of last year, flattening the luff curve set the twist to begin lower and be more even and progressive to the tip. The most important thing of all, they were best on our masts, and tested fastest. I am alreaady very excited to hear the general reactions. Cornelia got out for a couple of gentle trips to the island of Lanai. Cousin Gregg Clausen from San Francisco made it on one trip, and our friends Max and Roy the second. Manele harbor is a sleepy place and very relaxing. The time was good for sewing cockpit cushion covers and working on the hatch and model for the hard dodger that will be one of the next projects. Gregg documented our culinary part of the adventure on his blog (he’s a certified Master Chef) and celebrated his fiftieth birthday with a pod of dolphins joining us for the trip home. One of the best things this month was stripping the paint from the companionway hatch and finding beautiful old teak in perfect shape. This tiny bit of varnish makes a satisfying finish and new material for a lightweight harbor awning will help it last. Oh yes... the whales are back! AlohaBarry Spanier

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As for the TR-7, it’s in bed now and gathering energy for a timely release (practise for being so much earlier next year). Key sizes continued to test faster and be easier to sail. The last days that Peter was here gave us a great range of conditions, and then Phil was also able to nail some perfect light wind days for the big sizes. During the 2010 season, we got lots of feedback and did testing with many other types of masts. There was a reasonable consensus that we could achieve certain attributes (firmer rotation, solid feel low) that were desireable by changing the mast bend character. Those differences sometimes generated more speed, but often with the loss of other good things we wanted to maintain and there was no question that we were going to do it with our existing masts. Thus the goal was to develop the desireable things into a totally new outline, AND still have it feel easy and fun to sail. Without adding much profile depth in the low sections we still got good stability and a solid powerful drive. Following on to the midleech tightening of last year, flattening the luff curve set the twist to begin lower and be more even and progressive to the tip. The most important thing of all, they were best on our masts, and tested fastest. I am alreaady very excited to hear the general reactions. Cornelia got out for a couple of gentle trips to the island of Lanai. Cousin Gregg Clausen from San Francisco made it on one trip, and our friends Max and Roy the second. Manele harbor is a sleepy place and very relaxing. The time was good for sewing cockpit cushion covers and working on the hatch and model for the hard dodger that will be one of the next projects. Gregg documented our culinary part of the adventure on his blog (he’s a certified Master Chef) and celebrated his fiftieth birthday with a pod of dolphins joining us for the trip home. One of the best things this month was stripping the paint from the companionway hatch and finding beautiful old teak in perfect shape. This tiny bit of varnish makes a satisfying finish and new material for a lightweight harbor awning will help it last. Oh yes... the whales are back! AlohaBarry Spanier


Busy month chasing wind to finalize the testing on the TR-7. We had some light wind days and some windy days which enabled us to get on all the sizes with time to spare and reflect on the overall designs. Most the real work has now been completed for the TR-7 and once again we have pushed to the last moment and made good progress on all aspects of the design and quality. New mast sleeve width that helps with cam rotation and cam pressure, refinements of shape and twist to enhance speed and handling.

It’s all about TR-7


We will be registering sizes 4.7m to 9.2m for the PWA sail registration which is due December 15th this year. We are pleased with the designs and will be looking forward to customers receiving the new sails early in 2011.

Yo!Phil McGain


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