Today turned out to be a very nice open water speedboard testing day.Perfect for the 2 new Rockstar sizes: 54 and 60. The 60 is designed for flat open water speed with sailsizes around 7.0-7.8 and the 54 for 5.6-6.3. But it will for sure carry a 7.0 without a problem. 

Started off with the 60 and it runs super loose yet controllable. With 6.3 I was on quite a small size, with others running sizes of around 7.0 and I was doing very good speeds from the beginning in the light winds, even with the 6.3. Later on the wind got stronger and speeds went up along with that. Still lots of control by changing from 32 to 29 to 28 cm fins. It will suit fins of around 35-27 is my guess for now.

The wind became a bit stronger so I went out on he 54 as well after John sailed it all the time before that. Being also fast on flat water, it is in essence designed to go fast in rough conditions. Setting all my runs all day on port tack, going out into the chop where the water becomes deeper I could clearly feel the difference in character between both boards which is what we did the test for afterall.  It is loose but with a different feel, more locked in compared to the 60, which is a super loose lighter wind board. I set my highest topspeed and averages on the 54 in full chop.  Hopefully we will get some more wind soon and use it in it's intended wind range which lies higher than what we had today.

The Racing Blade 6.3 felt great. 2nd time on the water but now at least I was able to plane properly compared to last time. I have a good feel of the sail and some things i'd like to try out with it in mast truning, I think I can give it 2 very different characters, both for it's own specific use. 1 thing is certain and that is that this sail is really better than the 2011 which was great. let's see.