I have a Mistral Escape (190L) and I own a very large sail. My daughter is interested in the sport, but the sail I own is too large for her.

Where we live the winds are 7-10 knots and she weights ~ 120 lbs. I found recommended sail size charts but they still guide me to large sails which makes it difficult for her to handle.

Any recommendations?

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Per ifzuniga64@gmail.com:

Any recommendations?

No recommendations, but my experience has been that each 20 pounds of
body weight is good for about a half or .6 meters of sail.

e.g. If somebody who weighs 170 is out there planing on a 6.5 and I
weigh 210# - I would need a 7.5 to get the same effect.

So maybe you could extrapolate downwards from a sail size that is
comfortable for you in the target conditions.
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Pete Cresswell

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On Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 3:22:31 AM UTC-7, ifzun...@gmail.com wrote:

I have a Mistral Escape (190L) and I own a very large sail. My daughter is interested in the sport, but the sail I own is too large for her.

When I teach college students of similar stature they've been learning on 4.5 or 4.9 single-batten school sails from Aerotech. We have very similar conditions on Lake Washington. This is plenty of sail to get them up to intermediate level - even
harness and (longboard) footstraps. You might look at the Aerotech "WindSUP" rigs which come complete and are competitively priced.

Once she's more skilled she'll be interested in a 6.0 - 8.0 for those conditions.

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