... There were two Bonzers at the CGWA swap on Sunday. We own two allready or there might have been only one left. One was an 8'6" and the other was about...
I'll never go back to glass. IMHO epoxy rules in all conditions including super nuclear 2.8. I just switch to my 60 liter Rutger and its launch time! Control...
... I'll offer a counter position, but, admittedly based upon far less experience and skill. I think the OO's and other polyester boards feel dead and...
I'll add my $.02 for the little glass boards. I think my little OO extends sailable winds for me dramatically. For lighter sailors, the "training wheels" are...
Uhhh . . . the board must support our body weight anyway, unless we heel the sail so far windward that its thrust is directed up sufficiently to support a...
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One of the two at the swap meet was bought by a lady from Florida who bought one months ago and let her homeboys sail it. Their reaction? The local hotshoe...
OOs, according to this dude named Brian Hinde, have a one-meter wind range. Magazine testing confirmed that with one of his boards advertised to work from 3.7...
If I could sail as well as Dale I may prefer a 12-pound board at 40 knots, too. But then three guys who can meet or beat Dale's skills say 12 pounds is too ...
My $.02. I have ridden glass, plastic and epoxy in 3.0-3.5 Gorge conditions. All work well if the size, shape and fin are appropriate, but as others have...
Is this recent Magazine testing or the 10 year ago testing? I sail my 1999 8' OO (about 69 liters) with 5.3 down to 3.2 sails. It is bigger than I want for a...
The head-to-head, several-day, formal comparison was a decade ago, but: 1.. I sail with several OO riders, and have ready access to and lots of feedback from...
Particularly when, in the equation for max jump altitude for a given board speed, weight cancels from both sides of the equation: 1/2 m X v**2 = m X h. i.e.,...
That logic is a little over-simplified. You seem to ignore the fact that a lot of the lift you get from jumping is from the sail, a constant unrelated to board...
... The conversion of KE to PE is accurate if you're simply driving up a ramp to get air. But I believe jumping sailboards is more complex. Here are some...
Hi- I haven't sailed in H.R. in several years now. I was wondering if the Marina is still usable by windsurfers. The last time I sailed at the Event Site, it...
Last year I was messing around with my board on the west side of the spit, mostly because my brother was taking a kite lesson there. Based on that one day,...
... <gmartin@u...> wrote: As an educated non-expert, here is my guess as to the physical principals underlying the emprical observations that, all other ...
In a message dated 6/30/04 7:02:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I agree, and have ridden Bonzers from the first production Bonzer surfboards in the mid 70's...
How does the forecast look for wind at Rimrock Lake for Sunday? Saturday it might be better for stronger winds but we already have other plans for that day. We...
Man . . . yer Bonzer has a hole -- or a ton of resin -- in it. Mine weigh 15 pounds plus straps, pad, and a fin . . . whuzzat, 17-18 pounds? And Bonzers rip...
... Mike, did you mean to say that OO have a Narrows wind range? I've sailed gorge Narrows with a 3.2 with my 8.2 OO board on one of the windiest days in years...
You're welcome to sail one of mine. I'm sure we'll cross paths one of these days. And I was hoping you'd chime in, because of your familiarity with OOs. I'm...
I'm looking around for another board, so it sure would be nice to try a Bonzer. Problem is.... you're way out there and I'm way out here. Where ya gonna be...
I don't know if I can sail. I bruised or cracked a rib at the Hatch last week, will try the rib out here at home today to see whether it'll take any exertion...
Whidbey Island gets a lot of wind, Oak Harbor/Coupeville area would be an excellent base, and you don't have to drive far to get to the water. SE's crank there...
It's blowin 15 WNW right now!!! It may pick up although the pressues are: Seattle 1000 and Wenatchee 1012mb...not usually a good sign for shortboard sailing. ...
