Originally Posted by Rolf_Nilsen
Thanks for the link. 1965x23x192mm is.. Well, a challenge.

Considering the lower boat and perhaps also crew weight of an F16 a smaller foil is probably the optimum. But the trend is clear. Longer and slimmer foils.. Where is the practical limit and is it only a trend that will reverse in time.. I dont know, but I do think we will continue to see long and slim foils smile


Speaking as a player in the F18 fleet I don't see the daggerboard length trend ever reversing. Granted there is a pretty small window where they pay but that's where the game is being played now. I'm still running the short boards mainly because I like saying "It's not the length of your daggerboard it's how you use it"

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