Carve 135 max sail

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I am thinking of the Starboard Carve 135 board. What maximum sail size can I use on it? Is the board good for speed? Also for DRAM and wood which is stronger?

[sukhdev]

I've used a 8.5 very comfortably on this board, no reason it would not take up to a 9.0 in a pinch. Good range would be 6.5 to 8.5.

Re speed, I read somewhere Andrea Cucchi won the Garda crossing on a carve (151?) so thats entirely dependent on the pilot. The board has excellent upwind abilities, well suited to blasting around. With a very good fin it would make a great light to medium wind slalom board for the non hard core racer.

Re DRAM and wood, the wood gives a crisper ride. As for durability we've not seen much headaches with either construction. The wood boards are remarkably ding resistent for their weight, despite seeing some really bad wipeouts we've never had a wood board lose its nose etc.