THE OVERALL TOP 3´S GEAR AT THE 2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

European Championship 2011 - With the Aerolite 9.5 being the top 2 choic for the light wind contions at the European Championship in Finland, it looks like the rest of the pack have there work cut out for the upcoming Woulds in August. 

The top 3´s gear was following, 

#1 Patrik Polack - F2 Ligthning 380, Aerolite 9.5 (ligth wind sail) and NP RS:X 9.5 (high wind sail)
#2  Sugiura Kazumasa - Fanatic Mega Cat - Aerolite 9.5 (ligth wind sail) and Severne 9.5 (high wind sail)
#3 Juha Blinnikka - Starboard Phantom 380 (2011), Severne RB 9.5 (ligth wind sail) and Starboard RB 9.5 (high wind sail)

On the board choice there is not one board that stands out in the top 3, and it looks to be the ability to get the most out of the board makes the difference at this moment.

There is no information on fins and masts, but for sure it looks like that all 3 have had got it working well.

Link to competitor entry list with equipment details - HERE

NEW RACEBOARD FIN FORM BLACK PROJECT FINS

BLACK PROJECT TYPE RB FIN -" We have been working closely with Jon White UK raceboard suprimo and rising German racing star OTS to develop a raceboard specific fin to give even more of an advantage to the team in preparation for the 2011 World Championship! Jon and OTS have been using the Type R 50 and 45cm on their Starboard raceboards so far this season and have provided Tom with vast quantites of GPS data from different locations and condition. Designing this fin was not easy;

“It is really hard to design the Type RB becuase the fin needs to do two completely different things during a race. I am looking at a bit lower aspect fin actually shorter than the Type R with a bit of a sweep in the tip. Will be almost parallel in the bottom 1/3. The foil is similar to Type S foil, the reasoning is that upwind the foil is out of the laminar flow drag bucket anyway, so going with something more slippery deep downwind with good handling and less heeling moment, from my analaysis of the GPS data this will be a winner.” Tom Hammerton

Tom tells me that he still has some work to do before he is happy that he has it just right, Jon and OTS will be getting their new fins soon and they should be available in their production versions later in the year but for those who want to gain an advantage in time for the worlds we’ll have some special custom versions available...

LINK TO BLACK PROJECT FINS HERE