What size delta fins would you blokes recommend for me with the following combos:

falcon 113 with 7m and 7.9

falcon 79 with 6.3 and 7m

Thanks in advance

Hey AJ

I think maybe a 21cm for the 113L and 18cm for the 79L, as I am now using 20cm on my 7.3m with 117L board but it did take a while to get used to them! I use a 23cm on my big board with my 8.6m sail.

Thanks for your input Matt. I sailed one a while back (forget the size) and found it went awesome in most aspects, even ok in moderate chop if fully powered, but the gybes were kinda funky but you seem to be ripping great alphas on them so obviously like everything you tune in to them.

Looks like the launch from Laurieton worked well Mark. Best place to attack from in a NE you think?

Fully power up is the key! I found that going upwind was hard due to spin out as I put a lot of pressure on my back foot, so I sail upwind with my back foot out the back strap now and it works well! Gybes are Ok as long as you do not turn to fast a smooth arc is good!

Does any one have any old small wave sails that they do not want as I am looking a few for Rob the young bloke from work that has just started to sail.

Matty is right, powered up is the key. But I allways have my back foot in the strap, but try not to put any weight on my heal and try to keep it over the fin. If you do, it lets go just about straight away when jamming into the breeze. Ive found the 18 to be the best for my weight with no bigger than 6.6 sail and 59 wide board. Bigger board with fatter tail definately needs bigger Delta to compensate. Sorry Matty but i dissagree with the Gybes or alpha's, I find I can come in super fast but just need to come in and keep a nice arc with no sudden back foot pressure reducing the arc. Without these fins I'm sure my Pb's would be much lower. Body weight, board size and sail size will determine best size fin to suit. Just look at Matt D's and A's fin and combo size at 105/110kg to mine 90kg pulling awesome numbers on bigger Delta's and Boards. Me, I dont want to use bigger than 18 but if i had 100l board a 20 would work well with 7.5 or 8.3.

Awesome Alpha and Nm Mick given how underpoweered you were!!

Adam, for reference, I run a 21 Delta in th X-Fire - 105L, 65 wide. Woks a treat to if you ask me. Could easily go down to a 19 when its windy, and thats what I plan to do....

Well done Jamie! 34.7 in that breeze is awesome!

Mick what can I say about your Alpha's even underdone you get a 23 awesome stuff mate!

Thank god for Delta and im not the least bit religous and Jamie, do you have to overtake me so quickly, I was trying so hard to keep my distance from you but you tracked me down and passed me with ease. Bastard! Kicken ass Jamie and Matty!!!!! Lets call it a mad January 2014!!! Thanks Huey!!! Keep cuttin sick Marauders!!! Thanks Matt D for kind words!!

Ha Mick, your still killing me - I can only dream of an alpha like that, let alone the NM and the other categories!! You definately set the benchmark mate, and inspire the f--- out of me... What a month this has been!! Everyone has killed it!!

Well Done Micky Number 1 Marauder for January 2014! and Number 1 Marauder for all time!

Awesome January 2014! I sail 11 times this month does it get any better!

Johnny well done on 3rd for January and you did not sail on the very windy days!

Jamie moving up with a 4th, I think you will be challenging for top spot sooner than you think!

Well done Mark J for 5th in January to round out the top 5!

Go Marauders!

hey boys, well done, looks like a great sess, nice one woi bois, great alpha micky,great looking sess steve and mark, well done ella,,,,,,,,,,AJ, please, just ask me man, i actually use the same gear as you, the deltas are ok, and are getting better with practise, especially the crosswind and upwind, the delta needs work in these areas, but they are feeling better every sess, on the 113 falcon i use the 21 with the ka7.1, gripping crosswind better each sess to the point where i feel you could probably get a good hr on it, alphas can still be really fast, but just not too aggressive, eg cant come in and lay it down but you can come onto flat water and turn fairly aggressive, on my 89 falcon i use the 18 with the 7.1, a liitle bit slippery, and 6.2 sweet, the delta fins feel like there asking you to transfer power more on the top of the board as oppossed to off the windward rail, so if you wanna get real fine tuned with them i suggest using the 21 delta on the 113l with a 6.2 just to get the feel, they actually feel so different that im starting to have to re position harness lines to suit the new pressures and it may even require a slightly different rigging approach, thats if your really fine tuning, just stick with them for half a dozen sessions and they will be feeling sweet for ya, i cant really see myself using anything bigger than the 7.1 with the delta, the 7.9 would be a bit slippery, but if you got yourself real flat water, it feels like any combo would work, good luck AJ

oh yeah, I didn't really wanna bring it up, but after talking to mick and matt (their idea), they wanted me to ask about a new thing, a new distance category, reset for this yr to c which maurder sailed the most km for 2014, there is about five of us that would be pretty motivated of each others efforts plus its a category that doesn't revolve around speed, anypoooo, mick and matts idea

im not content with bronze!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!well done micky, your sailing so sweet right now, the other day i saw two guys pointing in your direction while you were sailing, one asked the other, "is that Johnny Miller?" Thats how fricken sweet you are looking!!!!

Miller, won't be bronze for long once you tune all that new gear in... I have no problem with the distance thing (as long at includes kms covered to actually get to the sailing location..:)) No way I could compete otherwise!!!

yeah, well thats what it is, i wanna know how many k's steve is doing....and try and beat it

Thanks for the feedback guys and the detail Milsy, it is greatly appreciated

Milsy its been a great month up here, managed 14 sessions for 945 km,s. Hopefully more to come next month.

hey thats awesome steve, keep it going man

Andra & Ela well-done on the   PBs!

Great Speeds by everyone! Big Kms by Steve,Mark J & Andra.

Great Alpha Mick.

Photo Finish between Jamie / Matt D & Mark J

Great session by all. Delta's Rule!

GREAT MONTH JANUARY 2014!

Congratulations to Mick Kay! Ranked number One.

Holy shit Steve. You sailed in January 2014, 2/3 the distance I have sailed in the last 18months since getting my GPS. Big month!

Well Deserved Mr KAy, you are an impressive sailor!