Exocet Windsup Bamboo vs. Kona Carb One

[jingebritsen]

i have sailed them all. they are very good as a group.

carbone does everything best pertaining free sailing or, perhaps, open class racing. it is a fabulous ride. very rarefied too. special orders, sometimes, take time to fill. board is worthy of its price.

windSUP 11'8" does great for those that want to play in surf or putt around in a lake. planes well too. it, and the 10' will jibe quite easily in lots of different ways. has a more forgiving tail rocker.

kona one, step one, and carbone all are the same hull with varying amounts of upgrade. very versatile, lots available.

11'5" x-long board from exocet is my favorite. they don't stay in stock long.

[brynkaufman2]

John, the 11'5 X-Longboard shows just one rear foot strap which look like a wave board to me.

Is it as good as the WindSUP for high speed blasting? Seems like for blasting the foot straps being out toward the side of the board would be better.

Also does it plane as easily as the WindSUP 10'? It is longer but has the same volume.

[bmoore98]

The X-Longboards have inserts for moving the the straps out. Not way out though. I think I saw an eleven five a few years ago that was supplied with only three straps but it clearly had inserts positioned for four foot straps. I use the four strap option on my 10'5". It's mostly lake sailing for me.

[LUCARO]

[bmoore98]

My CarbOne is a solid 9 lbs lighter than the last Kona One I had. It only has outboard footstrap inserts which is fine with me but some may not like that. It isn't supplied with a fin. After screwing around with fins I could not find one that works better than a stock Kona One fin. It turns better with the K1 fin. CarbOne Accelerates faster than the Kona One. Adjustable mast track on the CarbOne saves weight. I'm not one to adjust it on the fly very much. I keep my mast foot in the same approximate location as I did with the Kona One.

I am also a big fan of the 11'5". Similar weight to the CarbOne. Both very fun boards. The 11'5" has an American fin box which limits your fin size choices if your wanting something much bigger than 34 cm. I've had great success with a True Ames 26cm Surf Grass. It sounds small but it has a huge amount of surface area. The CarbOne will plain earlier than the 11'5" because of the extra volume. I have an opportunity to buy an 11'5" but I already have a lot of overlap in my quiver and as crazy as I am I just can't justify having an 11'5" plus a CarbOne.

[jingebritsen]

carbone is like a thoroughbred or arabian vs the kona one being a quarter horse. best analogy i can come up with. quarter horse is fast, hard working and less fussy. a working man's horse.

11'5" is the specialist for waves, the carbone for blasting, long walkaboout touring, and open class racing. kona one for the jack of all trades....

http://horses.petbreeds.com/compare/1-151/Thoroughbred-vs-American-Quarter-Horse

[konajoe]

[wernerhickey]

[LUCARO]

Thanks

[konajoe]