Stoked with the low swing weight and the aesthetics of the short nose Wizard 90 but it's tricky to get it up with a small foil unless rigging overpowered - a good board for solid reliably windy days.
Always thought the W114 nose is a bit long (with sail mast-base in the usual rear position) so experimented with moving the sail and foil masts max forward to see if I could notice a reduction in swing weight. Added fwd straps.
It works - don't notice the aft area and it does feel lighter up front. It's a small change but I'm stoked so far
Anyone else tried this ?
Hit 45 kmh (24.3 knots) for the first time today (with a 4.5 wave sail) in 25 knot winds and sizable mid-river swells.
Simmer 550 cm2, 255 cm2 combo is epic and surprisingly easy to ride.
Cool Mod JJ! Keep up the tinkering and sharing!
While our goals are different we are both using the same concepts to achieve them.
A little bit of length really improves take off ability. This can be used to decrease the required foil/sail size.
Moving the rider, foil and sail closer to the center of the board lowers swing weight. So you can have a longer board for the same swing weight.
Having board behind the foil is not the kiss of death like it would be for fin boards, in fact it can be a good thing on a foil board.
It was a challenge breaking myself away from this new build to celebrate Thanksgiving but Family is first and now I have the weekend free to keep playing with this!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Foil and straps forward, and the sail all the way back is the way to go. Gives such a good feeling when riding - the rig connects to pretty much where your front foot is.
Interesting modification. I love short boards on the fin and foil. I am on 4.7( link below) (my biggest sail) on a Wizard 114l. Nice set, but with sails 4.2 (basic sail), 3.7 (favorite) and 3.4 (used several times), the board could be smaller and more stable. I'm looking for a better feel for the foil. I don't want to be just a passenger :) I swim on lakes from 12 to 25kts. I found Wizard 90l on sale. I bought it and there will be a forecast in 2 days and I'm going to test it on a lake in Poland. I'll let you know. My weigh 83kg, foil on ptm926 and phantasm mast 103W. ( I'm thinking about 125cm. Anyone had it and can say something? I'm not afraid of height, I'm just afraid that the stiffness of the mast will be lower )