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Bring the right gear to the Maui Race Series!

8th February 2016

Every summer, the Maui Race Series brings the best slalom racers in and around the Pacific Region to famed Kanaha Beach Park for fast and furious action around the buoys! We can’t encourage you enough to attend this long-standing series, with back-to-back events scheduled twice this summer to help you optimize your travel plans! MRS regular Phil McGain tells us what gear to bring to make the most of our trip.

Bring the right gear to the Maui Race Series!

Winds in Maui in the summer can range from 10 to 30 knots generally on race day. There are circumstances that races are run in lighter conditions but usually the race committee will wait for steady conditions over the entire race course. The water conditions are going to be some of the most challenging you have ever raced in. There is usually a steep chop at the outside jibe mark and sometimes gusty winds on the inside. At times the winds can be very strong, and when you add in the chop, you have some of the best slalom racing in the world!

Bring the right gear to the Maui Race Series!

The course is a downwind 4 buoy course. The starting boat is outside (still inside the lagoon at Kanaha). There are 4 jibes you need to make and the two outside jibes are the most difficult, so it would pay off to come to Maui beforehand and get some practice at Kanaha.

Bring the right gear to the Maui Race Series!

  • Sail size: depending on the size of the sailor… you may need sails from 5.0m to 7.7m. You could get away with using 3 sizes for example: 7.0, 6.3 and 5.5. Smaller sailors would need down to a 5.0 and up to 6.2 as their biggest. The most used sails would be around 5.5 to 6.0.

  • Boards need to be from 90 to 120 litres. So something around 55cm wide ranging to 65cm wide. Again this is personal preference and it depends on your experience, size of the sailor and what sails you plan to use during the competition.

  • Fins can range from 28cm to 38cm. The most used fins would be around 30cm and 32cm.

Bring the right gear to the Maui Race Series!

Hope this information is helpful to make the best of your vacation to Maui this summer for the Maui Race Series!

2016 MAUI RACE SERIES SCHEDULE:
June 18 – BLUESMITHS Slalom Classic
June 25 – DAKINE Cup
July 23 – Meanline Fins Cup
July 30 – NEILPRYDE Hawaii State Championships

Source : uswindsurfing.org
Photos : Madi McGain, Jimmie Hepp and Harry Weiwel

Bring the right gear to the Maui Race Series!

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