HI Joe, Scott and everyone else,

Well I'm back home finally. Left my house Thanksgiving Day to do some Deer
Hunting with some good friends and I finally got home. Not a trip I ever
want to repeat. I can throw the crutches away in 2 weeks, but it will soft
water before I will try sailing or kiting. I am looking forward to seeing
everyone back on the water.

Weed Fins on Prodigy's,

I have used the GS weed 50. It overlaps the centerboard as Scott says but
being a smaller fin the overlap is less. I believe like and inch or two. I
found the Daggerboard has enough play to move to the side and therefore it
can go full up and down. More overlap could cause problems. The fin box
is Power Box.
The issues Joe encountered is common with most weed fins because the center
of later resistance is farther back, The more rake the farther back it will
be.
I also have a Orca weed 44 and the aspect ratio is higher on it than the
weed 50 I used. I think the 44 is a little small so getting on a plane
would suffer. I talked with Bill Kline from GS fins and he felt the 50 was
a better fit and I agree at this point.

Mast Tracks, I'll work with North Sports this week and see what I can do
and get back to all. I have a few customers looking for the rectangular
type. I don't think they plan to stock to many rigs this year either. I'll
look into that also.

USWA Nationals in Worthington, I will be there assisting with the race
venue. And yes there should be a great Prodigy fleet. Please bring the
contingent from Texas. It's the best way to grow future races and Prodigy
racers. Sorry I cannot make the Houston race.

Cheers Kevin USA 8

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From: usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of joethewindsurfer
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:07 PM
To: usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [usa_prodigy] Biggest Prodigy Event in the Country !



If you want to attend an event with 25+ Prodigies, plan on coming to
Houston on the first weekend of June. There is a good chance that high
quality charters will be available. Reply to this group if you're
interested in a charter. More details will be coming soon. Refer to
message #44 on this board for some information on the sailing area.

And, please, contact fleets in you're area to make sure other events
aren't scheduled on top of us!






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