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  2. From: dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.windsurfing
  4. Subject: Re: Weird Windsurfer/Hydrofoil Thing
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.200410.27574@newssun.med.miami.edu>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 20:04:10 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan25.144836.16027@newssun.med.miami.edu> <1k4fs2INNjos@zephyr.grace.cri.nz>
  8. Organization: University of Miami, School Of Medicine
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  11. In article <1k4fs2INNjos@zephyr.grace.cri.nz> srgxnbs@grace.cri.nz writes:
  12. >>When he started moving fast, the ENTIRE board would lift out of the
  13. >>water, sort of like a hydrofoil.  The board would clear the water
  14. >>by nearly a foot and a half (tail and all)!
  15.  
  16. >Must be _very_ interesting steering one, remembering my early 
  17. >experiences with a long board when it started to plane with the 
  18. >centreboard still down!
  19.  
  20. >How big was the board and how flat was the water?
  21.  
  22. Come to think of it, the guy didn't look to adept at steering the thing.
  23. The board was definitely long; winds were 15 knots and seas ~1' max.
  24.  
  25. Dan
  26.